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. 2020 Apr;8(7):445. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.03.145

Table 2. Significant risk factors for medium-term SHS exposure in weighted multiple logistic regression.

Characteristic variables Adjusted OR (95% CI) P value
Age group: ≥60 vs. 40–59 years 0.34 (0.13–0.87) 0.03*
Ethnicity: black vs. white 1.66 (0.70–3.94) 0.24
Ethnicity: Mexican-American and other vs. white 0.30 (0.11–0.82) 0.02*
Family income-to-poverty ratio grading: high vs. middle 0.31 (0.15–0.66) <0.01*
Family income-to-poverty ratio grading: low vs. middle 1.69 (0.68–4.23) 0.25
Smoking history: former vs. never 3.77 (1.29–10.99) 0.02*
Self-reported SHS at home: yes vs. no 23.30 (4.90–110.94) <0.01*

Data obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007–2012), National Center for Health Statistics. *, statistical significance of the coefficients at the P<0.05 level in the model. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SHS, secondhand smoke