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. 2021 Jun 4;16(6):e0252817. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252817

Table 2. Characteristics associated with vaping in pregnancy.

Characteristics Vaping/Total1 Proportion vaping (%)2 Unadjusted Adjusted for smoking pattern only Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics only3 Adjusted for smoking pattern and sociodemographic characteristics4
Risk ratio (95% CI)2 p-value Risk ratio (95% CI)2 p-value Risk ratio (95% CI)2 p-value Risk ratio (95% CI)2 p-value
Age of woman, per year _ _ 0.91 (0.88 to 0.94) <0.001 0.97 (0.94 to 1.00) 0.081 0.94 (0.91 to 0.98) 0.001 0.98 (0.95 to 1.01) 0.133
Age when left full-time education
    16 years or less 25/479 5.30 3.02 (1.95 to 4.67) <0.001 1.01 (0.65 to 1.57) 0.936 1.83 (1.15 to 2.92) 0.029 0.92 (0.58 to 1.44) 0.915
    17 to 18 years 32/1,033 4.00 2.28 (1.52 to 3.41) 1.07 (0.72 to 1.59) 1.55 (1.01 to 2.36) 0.99 (0.66 to 1.49)
    19 years or more 41/2,867 1.76 ref. ref. ref. ref.
Country of birth
    Non-UK 11/1,009 1.21 ref. <0.001 ref. ref. 0.003 ref. 0.352
    UK 88/3,412 3.51 2.90 (1.71 to 4.92) 1.33 (0.79 to 2.23 0.282 2.32 (1.34 to 4.01) 1.28 (0.76 to 2.17)
Index of multiple deprivation (IMD)
    1 (most deprived) 28/693 4.60 2.19 (1.23 to 3.90) 0.001 1.10 (0.61 to 1.98) 0.389 1.75 (0.94 to 3.25) 0.039 1.06 (0.59 to 1.92) 0.648
    2 18/852 2.32 1.11 (0.57 to 2.13) 0.74 (0.39 to 1.42) 0.99 (0.50 to 1.95) 0.76 (0.40 to 1.45)
    3 16/929 2.20 1.05 (0.53 to 2.09) 0.77 (0.39 to 1.51) 0.95 (0.47 to 1.91) 0.78 (0.40 to 1.53)
    4 18/981 2.09 0.99 (0.49 to 2.02) 0.80 (0.40 to 1.60) 0.91 (0.44 to 1.87) 0.80 (0.40 to 1.61)
    5 (least deprived) 19/966 2.10 ref. ref. ref. ref.
Living with partner
    No 13/313 4.83 ref. 0.001 ref. 0.193 ref. 0.976 _ _
    Yes 86/4,108 2.47 0.51 (0.35 to 0.76) 1.30 (0.88 to 1.92) 0.99 (0.65 to 1.51) _
Parity
    Primiparous 49/2,284 2.53 ref. 0.292 _ _ _ _ _ _
    Multiparous 50/2,137 3.07 1.21 (0.85 to 1.73) _ _ _
Smoking pattern
    Never-smoker 5/2,942 0.30 0.09 (0.04 to 0.20) <0.001 _ _ _ _ 0.09 (0.04 to 0.20) <0.001
    Ex-smoker 22/880 3.33 ref. _ _ ref.
    Pregnancy-inspired quitter 21/246 7.65 2.40 (1.37 to 4.20) _ _ 2.16 (1.22 to 3.84)
    Temporary quitter 13/137 9.48 2.91 (1.60 to 5.28) _ _ 2.51 (1.35 to 4.66)
    Persistent smoker 37/192 17.73 5.47 (3.47 to 8.62) _ _ 4.49 (2.71 to 7.45)

1Unweighted

2Weighted

3Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics (age of woman, country of birth, education, IMD quintile and living with partner) for which there is some evidence of unadjusted association with vaping

4Adjusting for smoking pattern in pregnancy, in addition to age of woman, country of birth, education and IMD quintile which are still associated with vaping after adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics only

Adjusted estimates are not reported if there is no evidence of association in the unadjusted or adjusted estimate in the previous step of sequential adjustment