Table 2.
Number (n) of cases and controls who redeemed at least one prescription for smoking cessation medication.
| All types | Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) | Varenicline | Bupropion | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Control | Case | Control | Case | Control | Case | Control | |||||
| n (n/N, %) | n (n/N, %) | P-value | n (n/N, %) | n (n/N, %) | P-value | n (n/N, %) | n (n/N, %) | P-value | n (n/N, %) | n (n/N, %) | P-value | |
| Number of persons | 1441 (18.3) | 504 (3.3) | 454 (5.9) | 61 (0.4) | 906 (11.7) | 371 (2.4) | 287 (3.7) | 102 (0.7) | ||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 30–39 years | 215 (14.3) | 78 (2.6) | <0.001 | 68 (4.5) | 10 (0.3) | <0.001 | 125 (8.3) | 59 (2.0) | <0.001 | 48 (3.2) | 14 (0.5) | <0.001 |
| 40–50 years | 1226 (19.7) | 426 (3.4) | <0.001 | 386 (6.2) | 51 (0.4) | <0.001 | 781 (12.5) | 312 (2.5) | <0.001 | 239 (3.8) | 88 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 613 (16.2) | 245 (3.3) | <0.001 | 206 (5.5) | 32 (0.4) | <0.001 | 374 (9.9) | 173 (2.3) | <0.001 | 116 (3.1) | 52 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| Female | 828 (20.9) | 259 (3.3) | <0.001 | 248 6.3) | 29 (0.4) | <0.001 | 532 (13.4) | 198 (2.5) | <0.001 | 171 (4.3) | 50 (0.6) | <0.001 |
| Civil status | ||||||||||||
| Married/co-living | 667 (18.0) | 338 (3.1) | <0.001 | 133 (3.6) | 27 (0.2) | <0.001 | 483 (13.0) | 253 (2.3) | <0.001 | 129 (3.5) | 75 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| Single | 774 (19.2) | 166 (3.7) | <0.001 | 321 (8.0) | 34 (0.8) | <0.001 | 423 (10.5) | 118 (2.6) | <0.001 | 158 (3.9) | 27 (0.6) | <0.001 |
| Socioeconomy | ||||||||||||
| Disability pension | 547 (23.3) | 57 (5.6) | <0.001 | 305 (13.0) | 22 (2.2) | <0.001 | 254 (10.8) | 33 (3.3) | <0.001 | 86 (3.7) | 9 (0.9) | <0.001 |
| Educational support | 28 (16.0) | 7 (1.6) | <0.001 | 4 (2.3) | 3 (0.7) | 0.085 | 22 (12.6) | 4 (0.9) | <0.001 | 5 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| Employed | 588 (17.7) | 399 (3.2) | <0.001 | 62 (1.9) | 31 (0.2) | <0.001 | 459 (13.8) | 306 (2.4) | <0.001 | 140 (4.2) | 84 (0.7) | <0.001 |
| Sickpay/leave | 62 (19,3) | 8 (3.3) | <0.001 | 20 (6.2) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | 39 (12.1) | 6 (2.5) | <0.001 | 11 (3.4) | – | – |
| Social security | 193 (14.0) | 21 (3.1) | <0.001 | 56 (4.1) | 3 (0.4) | <0.001 | 114 (8.3) | 14 (2.1) | <0.001 | 42 (3.1) | 5 (0.7) | 0.001 |
| Unemployment benefit | 23 (11.6) | 12 (3.4) | <0.001 | 7 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 0.002 | 18 (9.0) | 8 (2.2) | <0.001 | 3 (1.5) | 3 (0.8) | 0.463 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Primary | 729 (20.2) | 146 (4.8) | <0.001 | 286 (7.9) | 24 (0.8) | <0.001 | 419 (11.6) | 106 (3.5) | <0.001 | 137 (3.8) | 26 (0.8) | <0.001 |
| Secondary | 37 (13.3) | 22 (2.4) | <0.001 | 14 (5.0) | 4 (0.4) | 0.112 | 21 (7.6) | 12 (1.3) | <0.001 | 6 (2.2) | 6 (0.6) | <0.001 |
| Vocational | 493 (18.7) | 226 (3.7) | <0.001 | 103 (3.9) | 19 (0.3) | <0.001 | 351 (13.3) | 171 (2.8) | <0.001 | 106 (4.0) | 49 (0.8) | <0.001 |
| Short college | 31 (16.2) | 25 (2.9) | <0.001 | 8 (4.2) | 3 (0.3) | <0.001 | 23 (12.0) | 22 (2.6) | <0.001 | 7 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| Bachelor | 87 (15.9) | 59 (2.2) | <0.001 | 14 (2.6) | 3 (0.1) | <0.001 | 62 (11.3) | 46 (1.7) | <0.001 | 19 (3.5) | 14 (0.5) | 0.026 |
| Master/PhD | 13 (8.1) | 15 (1.1) | <0.001 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.4) | <0.001 | 8 (5.0) | 10 (0.7) | 0.001 | 5 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.501 |
| Unknown | 51 (16.8) | 11 (4.2) | <0.001 | 27 (8.9) | 3 (1.1) | <0.001 | 22 (7.2) | 4 (1.5) | <0.001 | 7 (2.3) | 4 (1.5) | <0.001 |