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Table 4 Agreement (vs disagreement) with the statement that smoking is a cause of lung cancer 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

6.41 (3.08–13.34)

5.72 (2.72–12.05)

12.94 (8.36–20.03)

12.91 (8.27–20.15)

 2014

9.72 (4.22–22.41)

7.70 (3.25–18.27)

15.83 (9.92–25.25)

16.54 (10.06–27.17)

Smoking status

 Current

1

1

1

1

 Past

2.86 (1.69–4.84)

1.90 (1.09–3.32)

3.87 (2.68–5.60)

2.29 (1.55–3.38)

 Never

3.39 (2.09–5.51)

2.31 (1.39–3.82)

4.20 (3.28–5.39)

3.71 (2.84–4.83)

Age

  − 34

1

1

1

1

 35–44

0.77 (0.45–1.33)

0.58 (0.33–1.02)

1.43 (1.05–1.93)

1.41 (1.03–1.94)

 45–54

1.60 (0.87–2.97)

1.08 (0.57–2.04)

1.22 (0.91–1.63)

0.82 (0.60–1.12)

 55–64

1.42 (0.73–2.78)

0.81 (0.40–1.63)

1.82 (1.28–2.59)

0.81 (0.56–1.19)

 65+

2.38 (0.95–5.94)

0.74 (0.28–1.97)

3.17 (1.76–5.72)

0.66 (0.35–1.26)

Ethnicity

 Non-Estonian

1

1

1

1

 Estonian

1.87 (1.23–2.84)

1.49 (0.96–2.30)

2.01 (1.60–2.53)

1.42 (1.11–1.82)

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