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. 2022 Jul 20;12(4):307–314. doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2022.06.008

Table 2.

Patterns of tobacco use in KNH ED patients.

Mean (SD) or N (%) Ever used tobacco
Current tobacco user
Current tobacco smoker
Current smokeless tobacco user
Daily smoker
No (N = 458) Yes (N = 272) No (N = 514) Yes (N = 104) No (N = 643) Yes (N = 91) No (N = 527) Yes (N = 15) P-value No (N = 19) Yes (N = 71)
Age (yr) 33.12 (12.06) 38.37 (13.87) 33.74 (12.74) 37.36 (12.50) 34.61 (13.00) 38.50 (12.43) 33.89 (12.77) 29.43 (9.85) 0.2 35.32 (12.72) 39.47 (12.35)
Household income in past year (kSh) 241481.48 (282647.25) 228613.65 (247517.76) 229665.66 (272878.35) 224571.79 (249303.72) 239305.42 (273550.18) 230968.15 (259357.48) 228014.79 (271223.31) 155555.56 (154229.63) 0.43 205692.31 (106698.47) 237673.98 (287087.42)
Number adults (18+) living in household 2.68 (1.60) 2.59 (2.44) 2.73 (1.73) 2.45 (3.16) 2.68 (1.69) 2.40 (3.25) 2.72 (1.72) 3.07 (2.71) 0.63 3.16 (6.54) 2.20 (1.50)
Sex 0.09
Female 239 (52.41%) 44 (16.18%) 257 (50.20%) 8 (7.69%) 280 (43.68%) 5 (5.49%) 257 (48.95%) 4 (26.67%) 0 (0.00%) 5 (7.04%)
Male 217 (47.59%) 228 (83.82%) 255 (49.80%) 96 (92.31%) 361 (56.32%) 86 (94.51%) 268 (51.05%) 11 (73.33%) 19 (100.00%) 66 (92.96%)
Education 0.12
Less than primary school 37 (8.10%) 59 (21.77%) 47 (9.16%) 31 (30.10%) 68 (10.59%) 28 (31.11%) 50 (9.51%) 4 (26.67%) 1 (5.26%) 27 (38.57%)
Primary school completed 116 (25.38%) 78 (28.78%) 134 (26.12%) 29 (28.16%) 168 (26.17%) 27 (30.00%) 137 (26.05%) 3 (20.00%) 5 (26.32%) 21 (30.00%)
Secondary school or above 304 (66.52%) 134 (49.45%) 332 (64.72%) 43 (41.75%) 406 (63.24%) 35 (38.89%) 339 (64.45%) 8 (53.33%) 13 (68.42%) 22 (31.43%)
Marital Status 0.2
Formerly Married 29 (6.37%) 34 (12.55%) 34 (6.65%) 17 (16.50%) 48 (7.50%) 15 (16.67%) 34 (6.49%) 2 (13.33%) 2 (10.53%) 13 (18.57%)
Married 250 (54.95%) 147 (54.24%) 280 (54.79%) 49 (47.57%) 356 (55.63%) 45 (50.00%) 290 (55.34%) 5 (33.33%) 10 (52.63%) 34 (48.57%)
Never married 176 (38.68%) 90 (33.21%) 197 (38.55%) 37 (35.92%) 236 (36.88%) 30 (33.33%) 200 (38.17%) 8 (53.33%) 7 (36.84%) 23 (32.86%)
Type of work 0.58
Employed 118 (25.88%) 70 (25.93%) 130 (25.44%) 25 (24.27%) 169 (26.41%) 21 (23.33%) 135 (25.76%) 4 (26.67%) 4 (21.05%) 17 (24.29%)
Self-employed 189 (41.45%) 112 (41.48%) 209 (40.90%) 46 (44.66%) 261 (40.78%) 42 (46.67%) 214 (40.84%) 4 (26.67%) 9 (47.37%) 32 (45.71%)
Student 74 (16.23%) 15 (5.56%) 80 (15.66%) 4 (3.88%) 88 (13.75%) 1 (1.11%) 80 (15.27%) 3 (20.00%) 1 (5.26%) 0 (0.00%)
Unemployed 75 (16.45%) 73 (27.04%) 92 (18.00%) 28 (27.18%) 122 (19.06%) 26 (28.89%) 95 (18.13%) 4 (26.67%) 5 (26.32%) 21 (30.00%)
Current Depression (PHQ >= 10) 0.87
No 287 (62.66%) 147 (54.04%) 315 (61.28%) 63 (60.58%) 381 (59.25%) 55 (60.44%) 327 (62.05%) 9 (60.00%) 10 (52.63%) 44 (61.97%)
Yes 171 (37.34%) 125 (45.96%) 199 (38.72%) 41 (39.42%) 262 (40.75%) 36 (39.56%) 200 (37.95%) 6 (40.00%) 9 (47.37%) 27 (38.03%)
Household poverty? 0.75
No 154 (52.03%) 104 (56.22%) 168 (50.76%) 43 (61.43%) 222 (52.48%) 39 (62.90%) 170 (50.45%) 4 (44.44%) 9 (69.23%) 30 (61.22%)
Yes 142 (47.97%) 81 (43.78%) 163 (49.24%) 27 (38.57%) 201 (47.52%) 23 (37.10%) 167 (49.55%) 5 (55.56%) 4 (30.77%) 19 (38.78%)