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Table 2 Bivariate Relationships between Smoking Status (Current vs. Former/Never) and Diagnostic Category, Demographic Characteristics and Other Substance Use

From: Gender-specific profiles of tobacco use among non-institutionalized people with serious mental illness

Characteristic

All

Men

Women

 

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Diagnostic Category 1

      

   Schizophrenia spectrum disorder

1.7**

1.2 - 2.3

1.8**

1.2 - 2.8

1.3

0.8 - 1.9

   Mood or anxiety disorder (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Gender

      

   Men

2.5***

1.8 - 3.3

--

--

--

--

   Women (referent)

1.0

--

--

--

--

--

Age Group

      

   17-29 years

2.4*

1.2 - 4.7

1.6

0.6 - 4.3

2.8*

1.1 - 7.0

   30-49 years

1.7*

1.1 - 2.6

1.8

0.9 - 3.7

1.1

0.6 - 2.0

   50-59 years

2.3**

1.4 - 3.7

2.4*

1.1 - 5.1

1.8

0.9 - 3.4

   60+ years (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Racialised Group

      

   No (e.g., white/European)

1.8**

1.3 - 2.6

1.4

0.9 - 2.4

2.4**

1.4 - 4.1

   Yes (e.g., Aboriginal/Asian/South Asian/Black) (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Education

      

   Less than high school

1.8**

1.3 - 2.6

2.1**

1.3 - 3.4

1.2

0.7 - 2.1

   High school or more (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Marital Status

      

   Single and never married

1.6

1.0 - 2.7

2.0

0.8 - 4.8

0.9

0.5 - 1.7

   Separated/Divorced

2.0*

1.1 - 3.5

3.3*

1.2 - 8.9

1.4

0.7 - 2.8

   Widowed

1.2

0.5 - 2.9

4.7

0.4 - 52.1

1.0

0.4 - 2.7

   Married (spouse or common law partner) (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Housing

      

   Independent (private house or apartment) (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

   Residential facility (licensed/boarding)

2.0**

1.3 - 3.0

1.4

0.7 - 2.5

2.7**

1.4 - 5.1

   Semi-independent (subsidy/supportive care)

1.4

0.9 - 2.1

1.2

0.7 - 2.3

1.5

0.8 - 2.9

   Shelter/hostel/no housing2

17.9**

2.3 -137.7

M

--

M

--

Living Arrangement

      

   Lives alone

2.2***

1.5 - 3.1

2.1*

1.2 - 3.6

1.9*

1.1 - 3.3

   Lives with family (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

   Group home resident

3.4***

2.0 - 5.6

2.4*

1.1 - 5.1

4.3***

2.1 - 8.8

   Lives with roommate/friend(s)/girlfriend/boyfriend

2.1*

1.2 - 3.7

2.7*

1.1 - 6.4

1.6

0.7 - 3.6

Sources of Financial Support (multiple responses permitted)

      

   Disability benefits (yes v. no)

0.9

0.6 - 1.1

0.8

0.5 - 1.2

0.8

0.5 - 1.3

   Canada Pension Plan or other pension (yes v. no)

0.7

0.5 - 1.1

0.6

0.4 - 1.0

1.0

0.6 - 1.6

   Earned income/paid work (yes v. no)

0.8

0.5 - 1.1

0.7

0.4 - 1.1

0.8

0.5 - 1.3

   Social assistance/welfare (yes v. no)

3.3***

2.1 - 5.0

3.1***

1.7 - 5.8

3.2***

1.7 - 5.9

   Family contribution (yes v. no)

0.8

0.5 - 1.2

0.9

0.4 - 1.9

1.0

0.6 - 1.6

Any Alcohol Intoxication (in past month)

      

   Yes

2.2**

1.3 - 3.7

2.1*

1.0 - 4.2

1.4

0.5 - 3.5

   No (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Any Cocaine Use (in past month)

      

   Yes

7.5***

2.6 - 21.8

8.4**

1.9 - 36.3

3.7

0.9 - 20.6

   No (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Any Cannabis Use (in past month)

      

   Yes

5.5***

3.2 - 9.3

4.6***

2.0 - 10.5

5.2***

2.5 - 10.5

   No (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

Brief Symptom Inventory (Global Severity Index)

      

   < 63 (referent)

1.0

--

1.0

--

1.0

--

   ≥ 63

1.3

0.8-2.0

1.0

0.5 - 2.0

1.6

0.8 - 3.0

  1. 1 76 (38.0%) of the 200 women with schizophrenia spectrum disorders were current smokers. 55 (32.7%) of the 168 women with mood or anxiety disorders were current smokers. 143 (62.7%) of the 228 men with schizophrenia spectrum disorders were current smokers. 59 (48%) of the 123 men with a mood or anxiety disorders were current smokers.
  2. 2Treated as missing in gender-specific models because of small numbers.
  3. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.