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. 2021 Dec 13;19:100342. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100342

Table 3.

Likelihood of having a quit attempt using Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) by demographic and smoking characteristics (n = 3843): logistic regression with predictive margins (%) and average marginal effects (AME).

Logistic Regression
Predictive margins
AME^
aOR 95%CI p-value % 95%CI p-value
Year 1·13 1·06,1·20 0·0001
 Year by Year 0·99 0·99,1·00 0·0002
Age group
 15–29 years Ref 25·8 22·8,28·8
 30–44 years 1·77 1·44,2·18 <0·0001 37·4 34·6,40·2 <0·0001
 45–59 years 1·61 1·28,2·03 <0·0001 35·4 31·9,38·8 <0·0001
 60+ years 1·62 1·23,2·12 0·001 35·4 30·8–40·0 0·001
Gender
 Female Ref 34·3 32·1,36·5
 Male 0·90 0·77,1·05 0·194 32·1 29·7,34·6 0·193
Socioeconomic disadvantage
 Most 0·53 0·39,0·72 <0·0001 See Fig. 4d
 Least Ref
 Most by Year 1·04 1·01,1·07 0·004
Region
 Metropolitan Ref 34·5 32·5,36·5
 Country 0·83 0·69,0·99 0·042 30·5 27·4,33·7 0·039
Heaviness of smoking
 10 or fewer cigarettes per day Ref See Fig. 4e
 More than 10 per day 2·67 1·94,3·68 <0·0001
 Quantity not provided 0·95 0·44,2·08 0·901
 More than 10 per day by Year 0·97 0·94,1·00 0·027
 Quantity not provided by Year 0·94 0·87,1·01 0·099
Quit intentions in next 6 months
 Intend to quit Ref See Fig. 4f
 Do not intend to quit 0·76 0·52,1·13 0·176
 Can't say 0·65 0·39,1·10 0·109
 Do not intend to quit by Year 0·95 0·91,0·99 0·013
 Can't say by Year 1·01 0·96,1·06 0·680
Mental health condition 2005 to 2017 (n = 2041)
 No Ref 35·4 32·8,38·1
 Yes 0·92 0·71,1·20 0·536 33·7 28·7,38·7 0·533
^

Comparing percentage point difference in predictive margins compared to reference group for average values when no interaction is present (AME). Representative values for the years of 1998, 2007 and 2017 are available in the Supplementary data file. Notes: aOR=adjusted Odds Ratio, 95%CI=95% Confidence Interval Lower and Upper.