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. 2020 Oct 1;18:83. doi: 10.18332/tid/127519

Table 2.

Association of adulthood experiences and significant adults smoking with current cigarette smoking status, data from 2014 and 2015 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N=138542)

Current cigarette smoking
Model 1a
Model 2b
Model 3c
AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Adulthood experiences
Tall stature 1.19 (1.08–1.31) 1.19 (1.08–1.31) 1.16 (1.06–1.28)
Precocious sexual development 1.51 (1.36–1.69) 1.52 (1.36–1.69) 1.48 (1.32–1.65)
Living away from parents 1.24 (1.08–1.43) 1.24 (1.08–1.43) 1.24 (1.07–1.43)
Job experience 4.38 (4.14–4.64) 4.36 (4.12–4.61) 4.29 (4.05–4.54)
Significant adult smoking
Parental smoking 1.16 (1.11–1.22)
Teacher smoking 1.59 (1.51–1.68)
a

Model 1: adjusted for age (continuous), sex (male/female), school type (middle/general high/vocational high), close friends smoking (yes/no), participation in smoking prevention education (yes/no), perceived household wealth (high/mid/low), and perceived academic performance (high/mid/low).

b

Model 2: additionally adjusted for parental smoking (yes/no) to Model 1.

c

Model 3: additionally adjusted for teacher smoking (yes/no) to Model 1. AOR: adjusted odds ratio.