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Table 3 Association of visiting the doctors/health professionals and receiving advice to quit smoking, quit attempts, and abstinence among all smokers (n = 3,810)

From: The use of cessation assistance among smokers from China: Findings from the ITC China Survey

 

Visited doctor, no advice

Visited & advised to quit

      
 

Doctor's Visit & Advice to Quit*

Quit attempts

Abstinence at Wave 2

Covariate

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Sex

            

   Male

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

   Female

1.29

0.81 - 2.06

0.28

0.96

0.64-1.46

0.87

0.97

0.67 - 1.42

0.89

0.99

0.48 - 2.05

0.99

Age

            

   18-39

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

   40-54

1.02

0.75 - 1.37

0.91

1.31

0.81 - 2.14

0.28

0.91

0.71 - 1.17

0.47

1.71

0.90 - 3.26

0.10

   55+

1.56

1.06 - 2.29

0.02

2.58

1.49 - 4.47

<0.001

1.11

0.85 - 1.46

0.446

2.86

1.58 - 5.17

<0.001

Income

            

   Low

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

   Middle

1.44

1.05 - 1.97

0.03

1.20

0.83 - 1.74

0.33

0.62

0.48 - 0.80

<0.001

1.23

0.67 - 2.27

0.51

   High

1.84

1.21 - 2.81

0.01

1.60

1.06 - 2.41

0.03

0.65

0.47 - 0.91

0.01

1.98

0.95 - 4.12

0.07

   No answer

2.20

1.29 - 3.74

0.004

1.59

0.81 - 3.12

0.18

0.38

0.21 - 0.69

0.001

0.65

0.28 - 1.49

0.31

Education

            

   Low

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

   Middle

0.69

0.46 - 1.04

0.07

0.87

0.63 - 1.20

0.40

1.20

0.89 - 1.64

0.23

0.66

0.37 - 1.16

0.15

   High

0.91

0.61 - 1.36

0.64

0.82

0.54 - 1.23

0.34

1.17

0.79 - 1.72

0.44

0.45

0.24 - 0.85

0.01

Cigarettes smoked/day

            

   0 - 10

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

   11 - 20

0.68

0.52 - 0.89

0.01

0.74

0.55 - 0.99

0.04

0.74

0.62 - 0.89

0.001

0.56

0.38 - 0.81

0.002

   21 - 30

0.66

0.43 - 1.01

0.06

0.99

0.68 - 1.46

0.97

0.52

0.39 - 0.70

<0.001

0.37

0.17 - 0.81

0.01

   31+

0.55

0.32 - 0.95

0.03

0.67

0.47 - 0.96

0.03

0.58

0.41 - 0.81

0.001

0.42

0.19 - 0.96

0.04

Doctor's advice to quit

            

   Did not visit doctor

N/A

1.00

  

1.00

  

   Visited doctor, no advice

      

1.60

1.22 - 2.10

<0.001

1.77

1.18 - 2.66

0.01

   Visited & advised to quit

      

2.78

2.21 - 3.49

<0.001

1.85

1.13 - 3.04

0.02

  1. * Based on a multinomial logit model using doctor/health professional visit and advice to quit as the outcome variable, where "Did not visit doctors/health professionals since last survey" was used as the reference category.