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Table 2 Results of the analysis for lifetime tobacco use according to the individual characteristics of the participants and substances use in their entourage across 2014, 2015 and 2016

From: Surveillance of tobacco use among young adolescents: trends and predictors across three years in Sousse, Tunisia

 

p-value

OR* [95% CI]

Individual characteristics

 Age

< 0.001

 

   > 13 years

 

2.1 [1.6,2.7]

   ≤ 13 years

 

1

 Sex

< 0.001

 

  Male

 

3.9 [2.9,5.2]

  Female

 

1

 Current psychological problems

  Depressive mood

0.008

 

  Yes

 

1.4 [1.1,1.8]

   No

 

1

 Anxiety

< 0.001

 

  Yes

 

1.7 [1.3,2.3]

  No

 

1

 Stress

0.053

 

  Yes

 

1.3 [1,1.7]

  No

 

1

 Insomnia

0.002

 

  Yes

 

0.6 [0.5,0.8]

  No

 

1

 Lifetime inhalants use

0.042

 

  Yes

 

1.8 [1.1,3.3]

  No

 

1

 Lifetime illicit substances use

< 0.001

 

  Yes

 

9.1 [3.1,26.7]

  No

 

1

Substances use in the entourage

 Tobacco use among the father

< 0.001

 

  Yes

 

1.6 [1.2,2.1]

  No

 

1

 Tobacco use among the mother

0.144

 

  Yes

 

2.1 [0.7,5.9]

  No

 

1

 Tobacco use among siblings

< 0.001

 

  Yes

 

2.0 [1.4,2.7]

  No

 

1

 Illicit substances use among parents

0.855

 

  Yes

 

1.1 [0.2,5.2]

  No

 

1

 Illicit substances use among sibling

0.095

 

  Yes

 

4.6 [0.8,28.2)

  No

 

1

 Illicit substances use among friends

< 0.001

 

  Yes

 

2.9 [1.8,4.5]

  No

 

1

  1. CI Confidence Interval
  2. OR* Odds ratio adjusted for the survey year