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Table 3 Logistic regression for current waterpipe tobacco smoking and cigarette smoking by participants’ characteristics for the total sample (n = 1891)

From: Waterpipe and cigarette tobacco smoking among Palestinian university students: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Waterpipe tobacco smoking

Cigarette smoking

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Age (in years) §

-

1.12 (1.05–1.20)

Gender

 Women R

1

1

 Men

4.20 (3.22–5.48)

10.91 (7.25–16.42)

Locality

 Urban & Camp R

-

1

 Rural

-

1.90 (1.17–3.08)

Geographic area of residence

 Gaza Strip R

1

1

 North West Bank

3.20 (2.31–4.44)

3.78 (2.51–5.70)

 Central West Bank

2.66 (1.91–3.72)

2.66 (1.73–4.08)

 South West Bank

2.81 (1.99–3.95)

2.40 (1.51–3.83)

Living arrangement

 With family R

-

1

 Other

-

1.79 (1.19–2.68)

Employment status

 Not employed R

-

1

 Employed

-

1.54 (1.08–2.18)

Mother’s highest educational attainment

 Less than high school R

-

1

 High school & above

-

1.41 (1.03–1.93)

Self-rated financial status

 Poor R

1

-

 Good

1.33 (0.99–1.80)

-

 Very good

1.68 (1.24–2.29)

-

Current faculty of study

 Sciences & health sciences R

1

1

 Arts & humanities

1.28 (1.00–1.63)

1.76 (1.29–2.40)

Self-reported academic achievement

 GPAb ≥ 80.0 R

1

1

 GPA 70.0–79.9

1.79 (1.36–2.36)

2.15 (1.51–3.08)

 GPA ≤ 69.9

2.94 (1.96–4.41)

4.50 (2.78–7.30)

  1. RReference category
  2. AOR (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
  3. §Continuous variable, AOR reflects the change in age (1 year) following one unit change in our outcome variables
  4. b GPA Grade point average