Table 2

Mean flavour preferences and perceptions by WPT use among pregnant women (N=58)

	Fruit	Menthol/Mint	Candy	Chocolate	Other Sweets	Alcohol	Coffee	Other beverages	Spice	Tobacco
Preferences
Liking
All	5.52	5.00	3.75	2.69	3.45	2.86	2.07	2.83	2.24	2.19
WPT-only	5.31	5.62*	3.31	2.38	3.00	2.92	1.73	2.77	2.38	2.19
Dual/poly	5.69	4.50*	4.09	2.94	3.81	2.81	2.34	2.88	2.13	2.19
Attractiveness
All	5.09	4.66	3.55	2.62	3.31	2.78	2.14	2.88	2.21	2.16
WPT-only	4.88	5.38*	3.31	2.35	2.81	2.88	1.77	2.81	2.31	2.35
Dual/poly	5.25	4.06*	3.75	2.84	3.72	2.69	2.44	2.94	2.13	2.00
Pleasant
All	5.03	4.78	3.59	2.59	3.31	2.81	2.05	3.00	2.16	2.03
WPT-only	4.81	5.42*	3.19	2.19	2.73	2.77	1.65	2.81	2.35	2.23
Dual/poly	5.22	4.25*	3.91	2.91	3.78	2.84	2.38	3.16	2.00	1.88
Interest
All	4.93	4.74	3.53	2.48	3.26	2.62	1.93	2.91	2.07	1.98
WPT-only	4.65	5.38*	3.19	2.00	2.92	2.65	1.65	2.88	2.15	2.12
Dual/poly	5.16	4.22*	3.81	2.88	3.53	2.59	2.16	2.94	2.00	1.88
Perceptions
General harm
All	4.91	5.03	4.91	4.98	4.91	5.22	5.09	4.93	5.05	5.29
WPT-only	4.85	4.85	4.92	5.12	4.92	5.19	5.19	4.96	4.92	5.54
Dual/poly	4.97	5.19	4.91	4.88	4.91	5.25	5.00	4.91	5.16	5.09
Pregnancy harm
All	6.17	6.21	6.12	6.14	6.12	6.36	6.26	6.19	6.17	6.36
WPT-only	6.27	6.31	6.27	6.27	6.27	6.54	6.46	6.38	6.27	6.54
Dual/poly	6.09	6.13	6.00	6.03	6.00	6.22	6.09	6.03	6.09	6.22
Fetal harm
All	6.17	6.21	6.19	6.17	6.19	6.28	6.19	6.22	6.21	6.28
WPT-only	6.35	6.42	6.35	6.31	6.31	6.46	6.31	6.38	6.38	6.46
Dual/poly	6.03	6.03	6.06	6.06	6.09	6.13	6.09	6.09	6.06	6.13

Use groups are based on WPT use regardless of flavour (n=26 WPT-only users; n=32 dual/poly WPT users). Preferences and perceptions were rated on a 1–7 scale with higher values indicating greater flavour preference or greater perceptions of the harmfulness. Bold font indicates statistically significant differences between WPT-only and dual/poly WPT users by Wilcoxon test.
*P≤0.05.
WPT, waterpipe tobacco.