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Table 5 Agreement (compared to disagreement) with the statement that smoking is a cause of chronic bronchitis 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

4.21 (1.78– 9.94)

3.95 (1.65– 9.46)

6.50 (4.15–10.19)

6.26 (3.95– 9.91)

 2014

5.73 (2.26–14.53)

5.05 (1.91–13.33)

8.40 (5.15–13.72)

8.23 (4.89–13.84)

Smoking status

 Current

1

1

1

1

 Past

1.88 (0.98–3.63)

1.38 (0.69–2.76)

2.69 (1.63–4.45)

1.68 (4.30–10.36)

 Never

2.61 (1.37–4.95)

1.88 (0.97–3.65)

2.45 (1.74–3.46)

2.11 (1.48– 3.01)

Age

  − 34

1

1

1

1

 35–44

0.53 (0.24–1.18)

0.43 (0.19–0.96)

1.20 (0.80–1.80)

1.14 (0.75–1.73)

 45–54

1.02 (0.43–2.45)

0.72 (0.29–1.76)

1.00 (0.68–1.48)

0.74 (0.50–1.10)

 55–64

0.81 (0.33–2.03)

0.51 (0.20–1.32)

1.27 (0.81–1.99)

0.69 (0.43–1.10)

 65+

1.35 (0.41–4.45)

0.53 (0.15–1.88)

2.51 (1.18–5.36)

0.80 (0.36–1.77)

Ethnicity

 Non-Estonian

1

1

1

1

 Estonian

2.23 (1.29–3.84)

1.88 (1.08–3.30)

2.34 (1.75–3.13)

1.72 (1.27–2.32)

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