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Table 4 Factors associated with relapses delay in smoking cessation

From: Predictors of smoking relapse in a cohort of adolescents and young adults in Monastir (Tunisia)

Factors

HR

95% CI

p

Fagerström nicotine dependence

 

0.040

  Very low dependence

1

 

  Low / Medium dependence

2.66

1.06 – 7.05

 

  High dependence

3.12

1.20 – 8.12

 

Patient’s age

  

0.038

  Young adult

1

 

  Adolescent

2.16

1.54 – 3.05

 

Number of visits to the medical center

 

< 0.001

  < 3

1

 

  3 visits or more

0.46

0.33 – 0.64

 

Smoking friends

  

0.060

  No

1

 

  Yes

1.63

0.96 – 2.79

 

Using treatment

  

< 0.001

  Yes

1

 

  No

1.70

1.25 – 2.33

 
  1. Results of a multivariate Cox regression controlling for gender.