Table 3

Correlates of cigarette smoking in univariate analysis in Ghizar, Pakistan, 1995

Characteristics Men smoking n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) Women smoking n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Sex614  (43.7)13.40  (11.03 to 16.27)153  (5.5)1.0
Education
 None357 (49.4)1.00135 (6.7)1.0
 Primary205 (42.1)0.75 (0.59 to 0.94)15 (2.3)0.33  (0.19 to 0.56)
 College52 (26.5)0.37 (0.26 to 0.52)3 (2.6)0.37 (0.12 to 1.17)
Occupation
 Group 181 (39.5)2.44 (1.61 to 3.72)133 (5.4)5.30 (1.30 to 20.58)
 Group 2388 (50.9)3.88 (2.75 to 4.47)14 (15.9)17.50 (3.88 to 78.90)
 Group 395 (47.0)3.32 (2.19 to 5.04)4 (6.0)5.87 (1.05 to 32.84)
 Group 450 (21.1)1.002 (1.1)1.00
Income
 < 3000354 (42.3)1.0081 (5.1)1.00
 3000–5000124 (45.6)1.14 (0.87 to 1.51)39 (7.2)1.45 (0.98 to 2.15)
 > 5000136 (45.8)1.15 (0.88 to 1.50)33 (5.1)0.99 (0.66 to 1.51)
Use of snuff
 Yes317 (57.3)2.51 (2.02 to 3.13)42 (10.9)2.53 (1.74 to 3.67)
 No297 (34.8)1.00111 (4.6)1.00
Drink wine
 No131 (23.4)1.0084 (3.5)1.00
 Yes483 (57.2)4.38 (3.45 to 5.56)69 (17.3)5.76 (4.11 to 8.08)
Family history of hypertension
 No316 (42.3)1.0093 (6.0)1.00
 Yes103 (39.8)0.89 (0.67 to 1.19)31 (5.3)0.87 (0.58 to 1.33)
 Don't know195 (48.4)* 29 (4.5)*
Family history of stroke
 No35 (44.3)1.0016 (10.5)1.00
 Yes39 (46.4)1.09 (0.59 to 2.02)18 (9.0)0.84 (0.41 to 1.70)
 Don't know535 (44.0)* 116 (4.9)*
Body mass index
 < 18.548 (42.1)0.68 (0.43 to 1.08)17 (3.61)0.40 (0.22 to 0.72)
 18.5–2548 (42.1)0.68 (0.43 to 1.08)17 (3.61)0.40 (0.22 to 0.72)
 > 25110 (51.6)1.0035(8.60)1.00
Hypertension
 No520 (42.9)1.00110 (4.7)1.00
 Yes94 (48.7)1.27  (0.93 to 1.72)43 (9.9)2.26 (1.56 to 3.27)
  • *A total of 2305 people (male 744, female 1561) did not know about a family history of hypertension and were treated as missing for this analysis.