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Table 2 Adjusted linear mixed model for smoking (n = 21,846) presented on an absolute percentage scale (-100─100 %)

From: The association of psychological distress and economic and health worries with tobacco smoking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: a two-year longitudinal cohort study

 

Baseline

Time trend

coefficients (95% CI)

coefficients per year (95% CI)

Male

0.51 (-0.25;1.27)

-0.08 (-0.42;0.25)

Years of age:

 18–29

0 (ref.)

0 (ref.)

 30–39

5.71 (4.33;7.09)*

-0.60 (-1.31;0.12)

 40–49

10.72 (9.32;12.12)*

-0.71 (-1.42;0.00)

 50–59

11.35 (10.05;12.66)*

-0.05 (-0.70;0.60)

 60–69

7.74 (6.31;9.16)*

-0.13 (-0.82;0.55)

 ≥ 70

0.80 (-0.86;2.47)

0.69 (-0.09;1.47)

Children <18 years at home

-2.04 (-3.03;-1.05)*

0.41 (-0.04;0.87)

 Living alone

3.17 (2.17;4.18)*

-0.22 (-0.65;0.21)

 Higher education

-5.03 (-5.82;-4.24)*

0.31 (-0.04;0.65)

 Temporarily laid off

1.60 (0.12;3.08)

0.15 (-0.57;0.86)

Home office/study

-4.36 (-5.20;-3.53)*

0.35 (-0.02;0.73)

 Economic worries

1.08 (-0.05;2.21)

-0.14 (-0.67;0.40)

 Health worries

0.04 (-0.74;0.81)

0.31 (-0.04;0.65)

 Psychological distress

12.82 (10.43;15.21)*

-1.74 (-2.85;-0.63)*

 PA level:

  Low

0 (ref.)

0 (ref.)

  Moderate

-3.22 (-4.14;-2.30)*

0.17 (-0.24;0.58)

  High

-3.66 (-4.65;-2.67)*

0.30 (-0.15;0.74)

 Hazardous drinking

3.96 (3.21;4.71)*

-0.32 (-0.65;0.01)

 Constant/time

4.43 (2.79;6.06)

-0.55 (-1.34;0.25)

  1. The table displays a linear mixed model regression analysis evaluating the associations between psychological distress and worries related to health and economy, pandemic measures, and personal situation (predictors) and adjusted for age and gender on tobacco smoking (dichotomized as non-smoking (0) or smoking (1)) at baseline and the predictors’ influence on changes in tobacco smoking (time trend) per year from baseline
  2. CI Confidence interval
  3. * Significantly different from the reference group (p < 0.05)