Table III.
Multivariate analysis of parenting style (t2) with smoking and alcohol (t3) of Lebanese adolescents
| Variables | Smoking (reference: no) |
Alcohol (reference: no) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR (95% CI) | P-value | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Stepwise method | ||||
| Parenting style—authoritarian | 1.06 (0.37–3.02) | 0.915 | 1.77 (0.92–3.40) | 0.089 |
| Parenting style—neglectful | 0.70 (0.23–2.16) | 0.536 | 2.39 (1.12–5.09) | 0.024 |
| Parenting style—permissive | 0.83 (0.26–2.69) | 0.760 | 1.42 (0.69–2.88) | 0.337 |
| Age | 2.01 (1.19–3.38) | 0.008 | — | — |
| Gender (female) | 0.29 (0.12–0.70) | 0.006 | — | — |
| Religion (Muslim) | 6.58 (1.19–36.23) | 0.030 | 0.02 (0.006–0.115) | <0.0001 |
| KIDMED | 0.79 (0.66–0.94) | 0.010 | — | — |
| Alcohol | 22.88 (4.12–126.89) | <0.0001 | — | — |
| Smoking | — | — | 32.71 (5.83–183.63) | <0.0001 |
Outcome variables: smoking, alcohol. Results of the final models of stepwise logistics regression analyses (only showing regression coefficients for the significant independent variables in each model). Imposed: parenting style (reference: authoritative). Association was significant: P < 0.05. Variables included in the model were: age, gender (reference: male), type of school (reference: public), religion (reference: Christian), mother education (reference: high educational level), father education (reference: high educational level), BMI (reference: not overweight), smoking (reference: no), alcohol (reference: no), physical activity, KIDMED, parenting style × age and parenting style × gender.
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.