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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2018 Mar 27;168(9):613–620. doi: 10.7326/M17-2048

Table 4.

Propensity score matched analysis for biochemically-verified tobacco abstinence at 6-month follow-up by e-cigarette use, stratified by study arm.

Biochemically confirmed tobacco abstinence (past 7 days)
Standard Care (Control) Sustained Care (Intervention) Interaction*
E cigarette use Nᶧ Yes % No % Risk Difference 95% CI Nᶧ Yes % No % Risk Difference 95% CI P
Prior to hospital admission
Use in the past 30 days 117 17.9 14.5 3.4 −6.0, 12.9 106 21.7 22.6 −0.9 −12.1, 10.2 0.57
3 month follow-up
 Any use since discharge 113 12.0 24.1 −12.0 −21.2, 2.9 104 7.7 29.8 −22.1 −32.3, −11.9 0.14
 Use in the past 30 days 93 14.0 18.3 −4.3 −14.9, 6.3 69 8.7 18.8 −10.1 −21.5, 1.2 0.39
 Use in the past 7 days 66 16.7 19.7 −3.0 −16.2, 10.1 51 9.8 15.7 −5.9 −18.8, 7.0 0.66
At both 1 and 3 months
 Use in the past 30 days 53 15.1 26.4 −11.3 −26.6, 4.0 38 13.2 21.1 −7.9 −24.7, 8.9 0.86
 Use in the past 7 days 33 17.1 17.1 0.0 −17.7, 17.7 22 18.2 27.3 −9.1 −33.7, 15.5 0.59
*

Interaction between study arm and e-cigarette use measure

Number of matched pairs