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Table 4 Factors related to smoking among adolescents using Multivariable Logistic Regression analysis

From: Smoking among school-going adolescents in selected secondary schools in Peninsular Malaysia- findings from the Malaysian Adolescent Health Risk Behaviour (MyaHRB) study

Variable

Wald Value

Adjusted OR

95 CI

Gender

 Male

150.28

21.51

13.1–35.1

 Female

 

1

 

Ethnicity

 Malay

 

1

 

 Chinese

28.54

0.09

0.04–0.22

 Indian

15.16

0.18

0.07–0.40

 Others

0.37

2.22

0.17–27.82

Academic Achievement

 Excellence

 

1

 

 Moderate

3.42

1.34

0.98–1.82

 Not Good

9.89

3.42

1.50–7.37

Protective factor score

6.77

0.71

0.55–0.92

Religiosity score

20.17

0.51

0.15–0.92

Loneliness

 Always

6.57

2.23

1.21–4.13

 Sometimes

 

1

 

Number of parents who smoke

None

 

1

 

 One

13.41

1.80

1.32–2.45

 Both

7.14

6.50

1.65–25.65

Number of Best friend/s

 None

 

1

 

 One

2.54

3.45

0.75–15.81

 Two

6.26

4.40

1.38–14.03

Rosenberg self-esteem scale

 Low

2.56

1.26

0.95–1.66

 High

1

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