Association between Positivity and Smoking Cessation

Table 4

Results from multiple regression analyses (n = 481).

	Smoking status at telephone interview^a
	Beta	Wald	P value	OR	95% CI
Gender	−.53	7.77	.00	.59	.40, .85
Age	−.02	3.14	.08	.98	.96, 1.00
CONSC	.07	.15	.69	1.07	.75, 1.53
GSE	−.01	.01	.92	.98	.71, 1.36
POS	−.31	4.61	.03	.73	.55, .97
Test of Hosmer-Lemeshow = 𝜒^2(8) = 12.56, P = .13. R-square = .04
	Craving to smoke
	Beta	t-test	P value	—	95% CI
Gender	−.10	−2.14	.03	—	−14.7, −.64
Age	−.09	−1.88	.06	—	−.70, .02
CONSC	.04	.82	.41	—	−3.88. 9.47
GSE	−.01	−.11	−.92	—	−6.38, 5.73
POS	−.19	3.75	.00	—	−15.5, −4.84
R-square = .06, P = .041

aReferent class: still-smokers at the telephone interview; gender coded: 0: females, 1: males; OR: odds ratio.