Perceived risks and benefits of cigarette smoking among Nepalese adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study

Table 3 Perception as predictor of susceptibility to smoking among Nepalese adolescents, 2011

Items	OR (95% CI)^a	AOR (95% CI)^b
Smoking-related physical risk I	1.21 (0.99–1.47)	1.20 (0.97–1.49)
Smoking-related physical risk II	0.65 (0.53–0.79)	0.63 (0.50–0.77)
Smoking-related addiction	1.48 (1.21–1.80)	1.34 (1.08–1.65)
Smoking-related social risk	0.93 (0.78–1.12)	0.95 (0.77–1.15)
Smoking-related social benefits	1.47 (1.20–1.81)	1.42 (1.14–1.76)

^aUnadjusted odds ratio (OR) represents a logistic model in which each item was entered separately.
^bAdjusted odds ratio (AOR) represents a full model included all five independent simultaneously.
OR = Unadjusted Odds Ratio, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence interval. 95% CI that does not include 1 are significant at P < 0.05. Perceptions were treated as an independent variable and susceptibility to smoking as a dependent variable. The chance estimated (0%–100%) for each items were coded as 0, 1, 2, and 3 for first, second, third, and fourth quartile, respectively. For perceptions of physical risk I, the chance estimates were 10%–58%, 59%–72%; 73%–85%, and 86%–100% for the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively. For perceptions of physical risk II, the chance estimates were 10%–80, 81%–89%, 90%–97%, and 98%–100% for the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively. For addiction risk, the chance estimates were 0%–55%, 56%–60%, 60%–80%, and 81%–100% for the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively. For social risks, the chances estimates were 0%–69%, 70%–89%, 90%–98%, and 98%–100% for the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles, respectively. For social benefits, the chance estimates were 1%–19%, 20%–25%, 26%–35%, and 35%–91% for the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles.

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