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Table 2 Factors influencing use in different categories of smoking among men. The study population participated in the Västerbotten Intervention programme during the period 1990-2006.

From: Who is using snus? - Time trends, socioeconomic and geographic characteristics of snus users in the ageing Swedish population

 

Never smoked n = 20913 OR 95%CI

Previous smoker n = 15594 OR 95%CI

Current smoker n = 8749 OR 95%CI

Intercept

0.38

0.33-0.44

1.52

1.33-1.74

0.63

0.53-0.75

Age group

      

   60

1

 

1

 

1

 

   50

1.99

1.76-2.25

1.78

1.64-1.93

1.86

1.63-2.12

   40

3.39

3.02-3.81

3.29

3.00-3.61

2.82

2.45-3.24

Education

      

   High

1

 

1

 

1

 

   Mid-level

1.25

1.12-1.38

1.20

1.09-1.32

1.06

0.91-1.24

   Basic

1.21

1.06-1.40

1.28

1.14-1.43

1.10

0.92-1.31

Married/Cohabiting

      

   Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

   No

1.16

1.07-1.27

1.13

1.04-1.23

0.98

0.88-1.09

Place for residence

      

   Umeå

1

 

1

 

1

 

   Skellefteå

1.19

1.05-1.34

0.98

0.88-1.10

0.77

0.65-0.90

   Lycksele

1.16

0.97-1.39

1.13

0.96-1.32

1.20

0.96-1.50

   Rural east

1.13

1.01-1.26

1.03

0.93-1.12

0.97

0.84-1.10

   Rural middle

1.43

1.25-1.64

1.13

1.01-1.28

1.06

0.83-1.17

   Rural west

1.67

1.45-1,92

1.15

1.02-1.31

1.13

0.95-1.34

Income (100SEK)

0.91

0.89-0.94

0.96

0.94-0.99

1.03

0.99-1.07

Year

1.06

1.05-1.07

1.06

1.05-1.07

1.06

1.05-1.07

  1. Multivariate logistic regression analyses* with snus use versus non-use as the outcome in the three smoking categories; Never smoked, Previous smoker and Current smoker
  2. * Only variables with significant odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) are presented Significant ORs are marked in bold. The following variables were not included in the multivariate analyses due to non-significance in the univariate analyses: Unemployment, retirement
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