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Table 3 Agreement (vs disagreement) with the statement that smoking is a cause of the ischaemic heart diseases (IHD) among Estonian male and female physicians

From: Physicians’ views on the role of smoking in smoking-related diseases: findings from cross-sectional studies from 1982–2014 in Estonia

Characteristic

Male physicians

Female physicians

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted ORa

(95% CI)

Study year

 1982

1

1

1

1

 2002

4.98 (2.93– 8.49)

4.49 (2.61– 7.72)

5.00 (3.91–6.39)

5.03 (3.91– 6.48)

 2014

11.50 (5.58–23.70)

10.40 (4.95–21.85)

9.24 (6.80–12.56)

9.78 (7.04–13.59)

Smoking status

 Current

1

1

1

1

 Past

1.84 (1.21–2.79)

1.16 (0.74–1.82)

2.64 (1.89–3.69)

1.66 (1.17–2.35)

 Never

2.21 (1.50–3.27)

1.43 (0.95–2.15)

1.95 (1.55–2.45)

1.63 (1.28–2.08)

Age

  − 34

1

1

1

1

 35–44

1.18 (0.75–1.84)

0.96 (0.60–1.53)

0.99 (0.77–1.28)

0.96 (0.74–1.25)

 45–54

1.72 (1.07–2.78)

1.26 (0.76–2.08)

0.94 (0.74–1.21)

0.72 (0.56–0.94)

 55–64

1.63 (0.96–2.76)

1.01 (0.58–1.76)

1.28 (0.96–1.71)

0.70 (0.52–0.96)

 65+

2.64 (1.29–5.38)

1.00 (0.46–2.15)

1.84 (1.20–2.81)

0.56 (0.35–0.89)

Ethnicity

 Non-Estonian

1

1

1

1

 Estonian

2.20 (1.56–3.10)

1.88 (1.31–2.69)

1.84 (1.52–2.22)

1.35 (1.10–1.64)

  1. aEach OR was adjusted for all other characteristics in the table
  2. Data in bold shows significant differences