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Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression on the interplay of exposure to pro-tobacco and anti-tobacco media messages and events, and smoking behaviour

From: Exposure to pro-tobacco and anti-tobacco media messages and events and smoking behaviour among adolescents in Gambia

Explanatory variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

(Final model)

Crude odds ratio (COR)

Adjusted odds ratio (aOR)

Adjusted odds ratio (aOR)

Adjusted odds ratio (aOR)

Expose to anti-tobacco media messages

   

Yes

1.35***[1.14,1.60]

  

1.29**[1.08,1.53]

No

1.00

  

1.00

Expose to anti-tobacco media events

   

Yes

1.49***[1.25,1.78]

  

1.31**[1.09,1.59]

No

1.00

  

1.00

Expose to pro-tobacco messages

   

See people using tobacco on TV

   

Yes

1.69***[1.43,2.00]

  

1.41***[1.17,1.69]

No

1.00

  

1.00

See tobacco advertisements

   

Yes

1.24*[1.01,1.53]

  

1.11[0.89,1.39]

No

1.00

  

1.00

Ownership of an object with a tobacco brand logo

   

Yes

1.99***[1.62,2.45]

  

1.49**[1.19,1.86]

No

1.00

  

1.00

Covariates

    

Sex

    

Male

 

5.21***[4.30,6.32]

 

4.01***[3.28,4.89]

Female

 

1.00

 

1.00

Age

    

< 15 years

 

1.00

 

1.00

15 years and above

 

1.57***[1.32,1.86]

 

1.47***[1.22,1.76]

Exposure to smoking behaviour by significant others

   

Parents smoke

    

None

  

1.00

1.00

Both

  

1.13[0.70,1.81]

1.14[0.71,1.85]

Father only

  

1.30*[1.01,1.68]

1.35*[1.04,1.76]

Mother only

  

1.35[0.99,2.06]

1.47[0.96,2.26]

Don’t know

  

0.89[0.62,1.28]

0.93[0.64,1.35]

Closest friend smoke

   

None of them

  

1.00

1.00

Some of them

  

4.26***[3.55,5.12]

2.87***[2.37,3.48]

Most of them

  

3.36***[2.37,4.77]

2.46***[1.72,3.51]

All of them

  

3.15***[1.94,5.10]

2.67***[1.61,4.43]

Mother smoking in your home

   

Don’t have/see this person

  

0.98[0.76,1.25]

0.93[0.72,1.20]

About every day

  

1.26[0.86,1.83]

1.42[0.96,2.09]

Sometimes

  

1.03[0.75,1.40]

1.06[0.77,1.46]

Never

  

1.00

1.00

Father smoking in your home

   

Don’t have/see this person

  

1.26[0.98,1.61]

1.27[0.99,1.64]

About every day

  

1.38[0.99,1.93]

1.38[0.97,1.97]

Sometimes

  

1.74***[1.33,2.29]

1.71***[1.29,2.28]

Never

  

1.00

1.00

Brother/sister smoking in your home

   

Don’t have/see this person

  

0.73*[0.57,0.94]

0.75*[0.58,0.96]

About every day

  

1.34[0.95,1.89]

1.26[0.97,1.97]

Sometimes

  

1.71***[1.30,2.23]

1.61**[1.22,2.13]

Never

  

1.00

1.00

Other people smoking in your home

   

Don’t have/see this person

  

1.39*[1.03,1.87]

1.37*[1.01,1.87]

About every day

  

1.64**[1.19,2.25]

1.70**[1.22,2.36]

Sometimes

  

1.84***[1.45,2.34]

1.82***[1.42,2.32]

Never

  

1.00

1.00

People smoke in school

   

Yes

  

1.52***[1.27,1.83]

1.42***[1.17,1.72]

No

  

1.00

1.00

Teachers smoking in school buildings

   

About every day

  

1.54**[1.15,2.05]

1.38*[1.02,1.87]

Sometimes

  

1.35**[1.09,1.68]

1.31*[1.05,1.64]

Don’t know

  

0.88[0.68,1.14]

0.92[0.71,1.20]

Never

  

1.00

1.00

Tobacco companies influence young people to use tobacco

    

Yes

  

1.13[0.95,1.34]

1.16[0.97,1.39]

No

  

1.00

1.00

Constant

0.04***[0.03,0.04]

0.02***[0.02,0.03]

0.02***[0.01,0.02]

0.00***[0.00,0.01]

Model fitness

    

Prob > Chi2

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

AIC

4504.184

4264.787

4118.502

3832.684

  1. 1.00: reference category; AIC: Akaike Information Criterion ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.010, *p < 0.050