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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and psychosocial constructs by lifetime smokeless tobacco use (N = 1,087)

From: Demographic, psychosocial, and genetic risk associated with smokeless tobacco use among Mexican heritage youth

 

Smokeless tobacco use

 

Never

Ever

 
 

N (%)

N (%)

p-value

Gender

  

0.003

 Male

496 (92.2)

42 (7.8)

 

 Female

529 (96.4)

20 (3.6)

 

Parental education

  

0.123

 Less than HS

672 (94.5)

39 (5.5)

 

HS

181 (96.3)

7 (3.7)

 

 More than HS

172 (91.5)

16 (8.5)

 

Body Mass Index

  

0.002

 Underweight/Normal

523 (95.8)

23 (4.2)

 

 Overweight

193 (96.5)

7 (3.5)

 

 Obese

309 (90.6)

32 (9.4)

 
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

p-value

 Age at survey

14.3 (1.4)

14.6 (1.2)

0.029

 Anxiety

37.9 (9.2)

42.7 (9.6)

<0.001

 Subjective Social Status

7.8 (1.4)

6.9 (1.9)

<0.001

 Social Disinhibition

3.2 (1.9)

4.2 (1.6)

<0.001