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Table 3 Univariate and multivariable analysis of betel quid from birth until commencement of chewing betel quid

From: Comparing factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behavior in Taiwanese adults

Variables

Item

Univariate

Multivariable

  

Hazard Rate Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Hazard Rate Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Sex

Male

4.22

(3.74, 4.77)

<.0001

1.38

(1.20, 1.59)

<.0001

 

Female

1.00

  

1.00

  

Education

Literate

0.30

(0.26, 0.34)

<.0001

0.47

(0.37, 0.61)

<.0001

 

Primary school

1.01

(0.92, 1.12)

0.8400

0.92

(0.73, 1.17)

0.4969

 

Junior high school

2.25

(2.00, 2.54)

<.0001

2.33

(1.83, 2.97)

<.0001

 

Senior high school

2.58

(2.31, 2.89)

<.0001

2.51

(1.99, 3.17)

<.0001

 

College and above

1.00

  

1.00

  

Occupation

Unemployed or non-technical

0.35

(0.31, 0.38)

<.0001

0.97

(0.69, 1.37)

0.8800

 

Technical

3.12

(2.81, 3.47)

<.0001

2.09

(1.48, 2.96)

<.0001

 

Semi-professional

1.73

(1.44, 2.09)

<.0001

1.52

(1.04, 2.20)

0.0288

 

Managerial/professional and above

1.00

  

1.00

  

Ethnicity

Aborigines

4.41

(4.00, 4.87)

<.0001

4.38

(3.94, 4.87)

<.0001

 

Non-aborigines

1.00

  

1.00

  

Cigarette smoker

Yes

7.04

(6.32, 7.85)

<.0001

4.10

(3.62, 4.63)

<.0001

 

No

1.00

  

1.00

  

Alcohol drinker

Yes

4.46

(4.04, 4.92)

<.0001

1.73

(1.56, 1.92)

<.0001

 

No

1.00

  

1.00

  
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