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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2021 Jul 29;56(12):1807–1814. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1954026

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Total (n = 2339) Depressive Symptoms a n = 1020 (44) Anxiety Symptoms b n = 813 (35)
N (col %) N (row %) N (row %)
Gender identity
 Female/feminine 1095 (47) 497 (45) 426 (39)
 Male/masculine 1198 (51) 495 (41) 364 (30)
 Other c 46 (2) 28 (61) 23 (50)
Sexual orientation
 Straight 1643 (70) 620 (38) 472 (29)
 Bisexual 437 (19) 276 (63) 237 (54)
 Gay/lesbian 123 (5) 61 (50) 58 (47)
 Other d 136 (6) 63 (46) 46 (34)
Race
 White 1448 (62) 591 (41) 490 (34)
 AAPI e 205 (9) 66 (32) 51 (25)
 Black or African American 227 (10) 106 (47) 74 (33)
 Hispanic/Latinx (any race) 402 (17) 233 (58) 176 (44)
 Multiracial 57 (2) 24 (42 22 (39)
Subjective financial situationf
 Low 863 (37) 456 (53) 357 (41)
 Moderate 998 (43) 398 (40) 319 (32)
 High 478 (20) 166 (35) 137 (29)
Frequency of past 30-day ENDS use
 1–9 days 1221 (52) 521 (43) 402 (33)
 10–19 days 419 (18) 172 (41) 147 (35)
 20–29 days 293 (13) 142 (48) 120 (41)
 All 30 days 406 (17) 185 (46) 144 (35)
Tobacco product use pattern g
 Exclusive ENDS 603 (26) 187 (31) 147 (24)
 Dual use 641 (27) 249 (39) 210 (33)
 Poly-use 1095 (47) 584 (53) 456 (42)
  Relative ENDS vs. OTP use h
   ENDS less often than OTP 562 (32) 272 (48) 217 (39)
   ENDS more often than OTP 980 (56) 478 (49) 373 (38)
   About the same amount 194 (11) 83 (43) 76 (39)
  Same-day MTP use h
   Never/rarely 713 (41) 327 (46) 262 (37)
   Some days 677 (39) 335 (49) 266 (39)
   Most or every day 346 (20) 171 (49) 138 (40)
  Frequency of past 30-day OTP use
   1–9 days 967 (56) 405 (42) 308 (32)
   10–19 days 274 (16) 147 (54) 111 (41)
   20–29 days 194 (11) 114 (59) 100 (52)
   All 30 days 301 (17) 167 (55) 147 (49)
a

N(%) of individuals with PHQ-9 scores greater than or equal to 10.

b

N(%) of individuals with GAD-7 scores greater than or equal to 10.

c

Other includes: non-binary, transgender, and other.

d

Other includes: asexual, queer, questioning, pansexual, and other.

e

AAPI includes Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander.

f

“Low” represents “do not meet basic expenses” and “just meet basic expenses”; “Moderate” represents “meet needs with a little left”; “High” represents “live comfortably”.

g

Dual use defined as past 30-day ENDS and any one additional tobacco product; Poly-use defined as past 30-day ENDS use and any two or more additional tobacco products.

h

Only asked to dual and poly-users (combined n = 1736).