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Table 4 Correlates of ever and current e-cigarette use

From: Electronic cigarette use in Greece: an analysis of a representative population sample in Attica prefecture

 

Ever e-cigarette use

Current e-cigarette use

Correlates

OR (95%CI)

P

OR (95%CI)

P

Smoking status

 Never smokers (referent)

    

 Current smokers

33.38 (25.20–44.21)

< 0.001

30.82 (10.21–93.01)

< 0.001

 Ex-smokers

9.05 (6.81–12.04)

< 0.001

69.33 (23.12–207.90)

< 0.001

Age (years)

 55 and older (referent)

    

 18–24

5.74 (3.82–8.63)

< 0.001

1.83 (0.89–3.80)

0.103

 25–39

3.50 (2.68–4.59)

< 0.001

2.50 (1.57–4.0)

< 0.001

 40–54

1.68 (1.33–2.13)

< 0.001

1.19 (0.77–1.84)

0.444

Gender

 Female (referent)

    

 Male

1.22 (1.02–1.45)

0.029

1.46 (1.06–2.01)

0.020

Education

 High school or less (referent)

    

 Technical education

0.93 (0.69–1.27)

0.664

0.92 (0.56–1.53)

0.754

 University education

0.71 (0.58–0.88)

0.001

0.53 (0.37–0.77)

0.001

 Postgraduate education

0.82 (0.60–1.13)

0.226

0.61 (0.35–1.06)

0.079

Marital status

 Single (referent)

    

 Married/living with partner

0.70 (0.56–0.89)

0.003

0.98 (0.65–1.47)

0.910

 Divorced, widowed or other

0.86 (0.60–1.25)

0.432

1.54 (0.80–2.95)

0.196

Financial situation

 Very bad/bad (referent)

    

 Not good

0.99 (0.82–1.21)

0.950

0.75 (0.53–1.06)

0.101

 Good

1.30 (0.97–1.74)

0.075

1.02 (0.62–1.67)

0.947

Perceived of e-cigarette harmfulness

 A lot more harmful/more harmful/equally harmful/DK (referent)

    

 Less harmful/a lot less harmful/harmless

2.81 (2.34–3.37)

< 0.001

6.28 (4.35–9.07)

< 0.001