Crude odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of daily and intermittent smoking in relation to demographic, socioeconomic and psychosocial variables: women. Malmö diet and cancer study 1992-94
| n | Daily smokers | Intermittent smokers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | ||||||
| Socioeconomic status | |||||||||
| High level non-manual | 358 | 20.1 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 1.0 | ||||
| Middle level non-manual | 932 | 21.8 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 5.3 | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.3) | ||||
| Low level non-manual | 1587 | 24.3 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.7) | 4.6 | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.9) | ||||
| Skilled manual | 312 | 26.3 | 1.4 (0.99 to 2.0) | 2.9 | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.6) | ||||
| Unskilled manual | 1257 | 30.0 | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.3) | 5.2 | 1.2 (0.7 to 2.2) | ||||
| (Missing) | (2011) | ||||||||
| Vocationally active 3-150 | |||||||||
| Employees | 4446 | 25.3 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | ||||
| Self employed | 349 | 22.1 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) | 6.3 | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.1) | ||||
| (Missing) | (1662) | ||||||||
| Vocationally active and unemployed 3-151 | |||||||||
| All employed | 4795 | 25.1 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 | ||||
| Unemployed | 383 | 27.7 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) | 3.7 | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.3) | ||||
| (Missing) | (1279) | ||||||||
| Workforce v pensioners 3-152 | |||||||||
| Workforce | 5178 | 25.3 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 | ||||
| Pensioners | 1267 | 26.9 | 1.1 (0.95 to 1.3) | 3.8 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) | ||||
| (Missing) | (12) | ||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| 45–49 years | 976 | 31.9 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 1.0 | ||||
| 50–54 years | 1928 | 29.5 | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) | 5.7 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) | ||||
| 55–59 years | 1699 | 23.1 | 0.6 (0.5 to 0.8) | 3.8 | 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) | ||||
| 60–64 years | 1851 | 20.3 | 0.5 (0.46 to 0.7) | 3.5 | 0.6 (0.4 to 0.8) | ||||
| (Missing) | (3) | ||||||||
| Country of origin | |||||||||
| Sweden | 5666 | 25.4 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | ||||
| Other country | 785 | 26.5 | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) | 3.9 | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.2) | ||||
| (Missing) | (6) | ||||||||
| Self reported diseases 3-153 | |||||||||
| No | 5311 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 1.0 | ||||
| Yes | 1116 | 27.5 | 1.1 (0.98 to 1.3) | 4.5 | 0.97 (0.7 to 1.3) | ||||
| (Missing) | (30) | ||||||||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 4038 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Unmarried | 569 | 28.6 | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.9) | 4.2 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) | ||||
| Divorced | 490 | 36.7 | 2.2 (1.9 to 2.5) | 6.2 | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.1) | ||||
| Widow/widower | 6450 | 31.4 | 1.8 (1.4 to 2.2) | 4.5 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) | ||||
| (Missing) | (7) | ||||||||
| Social participation | |||||||||
| High | 4635 | 22.9 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | ||||
| Low | 1819 | 32.1 | 1.6 (1.4 to 1.8) | 4.4 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) | ||||
| (Missing) | (3) | ||||||||
| Total | 6457 | ||||||||
↵3-150 Employees (five groups) versus self employed.
↵3-151 All employed (six groups including self employed) versus unemployed.
↵3-152 Workforce (five employee groups, self employed and unemployed) versus pensioners.
↵3-153 Self reported previous or current diseases included myocardial infarction, stroke, intermittent claudication, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and asthma/chronic obstructive lung disease.