. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 22.

Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2019 Mar;38(3):248–258. doi: 10.1037/hea0000702

Table 3:

Latent Profile Differences on Baseline Characteristics

	LP1, Typically Concerned (n = 180)		LP2, Minimally Concerned (n = 114)		LP3, Highly Concerned (n = 49)

Demographic, Weight, and Smoking Variables

	%	n	%	n	%	n	χ²	p

College or more education	32%	57	37%	42	35%	17	0.86	.652
White Non-Hispanic	87% ^a	157	79% ^a	90	98% ^c	48	9.81	.007
High nicotine dependence^*	44%	79	46%	53	63%	31
BMI Cate gory^*
Overweight	38%	68	28%	32	29%	14
Obese	31%	55	9%	10	51%	25

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F	p

Age, years	41.52	10.65	42.13	10.01	43.22	8.95	0.56	.571
Weight, pounds	166.17 ^a	34.07	146.02 ^b	23.61	177.17 ^a	34.60	22.38	.001
BMI	28.26 ^a	5.49	24.65 ^b	3.94	30.26 ^c	6.02	26.63	.001
Cigarettes per day	20.24 ^a	8.02	19.82 ^a	7.92	24.18 ^c	9.73	5.28	.006
FTND score	5.09	2.23	5.10	2.01	5.67	2.41	1.47	.233
Previous quit attempts	3.37	2.97	2.90	2.15	2.83	1.83	1.32	.268

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

	%	n	%	n	%	n	χ²	p

Lifetime MDD diagnosis	25% ^a	45	14% ^b	16	31% ^a	15	7.24	.027

Smoking-Specific Weight Concerns

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F	p

Weight concerns, 1–10	6.08 ^a	1.72	6.00 ^a	2.00	6.56 ^a	1.92	5.15	.006
Weight self-efficacy, 1–10	5.83 ^a	1.67	6.22 ^a	1.72	5.28 ^a	1.75	5.45	.005
Weight control, 0–10	4.04 ^a	2.67	3.35 ^a	2.88	4.57 ^a	3.01	3.84	.022
“How concerned are you that quitting smoking will likely cause a total permanent weight gain of 10–15 pounds or more?” 0–100 scale	68.23 ^a	23.92	59.26 ^b	28.63	73.16 ^a	23.95	6.55	.002
“How much would a 15-pound weight gain affect your motivation to quit smoking/stay free from smoking?” 0–100 scale	60.02 ^a	26.53	50.36 ^b	29.32	60.47 ^a	30.38	4.54	.011
“How much weight would you be willing to gain permanently if you quit smoking?” 0–20 pounds	5.72 ^a	3.98	7.25 ^b	4.05	6.33 ^a	5.46	4.52	.012

Note. LP = latent profile; SD = standard deviation. High nicotine dependence reflects FTND (Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence) ≥ 6. Weight = pre-quit weight average. BMI = body mass index. Participants were categorized as overweight when BMI was between 25.0 and 29.9 kg/m² and were categorized as obese when BMI was ≥ 30 kg/m².

Group differences were not examined to decrease family-wise error. Group differences were examined on the continuous measures of FTND and BMI.

Indicates that LP2 and/or LP3 are not statistically different from LP1.

Indicates that LP2 is statistically different from LP1.

Indicates that LP3 is statistically different from LP1.