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What Aspect of Dependence Does the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence Measure?

Table 4

Means, standard deviations and intercorrelations for the FTND and HSI with predictor variables (age, AUTOS subscales, percentage of time smoked out of need, and duration of smoking) for nondaily and daily smokers.


Measure	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	M	SD

(1) FTND	—	0.68	0.12	0.45	0.39	0.38	0.25	0.08	0.69	1.17
(2) HSI	0.89	—	−0.04	0.47	0.36	0.38	0.23	−0.12	0.25	0.70
(3) Age	0.34	0.37	—	0.05	0.10	0.09	0.03	0.51	26.78	10.14
(4) Withdrawal	0.50	0.43	0.03	—	0.72	0.70	0.55	0.11	1.32	2.27
(5) Psychological Dependence	0.40	0.37	−0.06	0.66	—	0.77	0.59	0.25	1.87	2.17
(6) Cue-Induced Cravings	0.35	0.31	−0.16	0.66	0.58	—	0.55	0.28	3.59	2.93
(7) % time smoked out of need	0.43	0.32	0.16	0.45	0.36	0.29	—	0.14	19.02	27.38
(8) Duration of smoking	0.40	0.41	0.83	0.11	0.06	−0.05	0.16	—	6.20	8.89

M	3.80	2.13	38.15	6.18	5.39	7.92	43.80	18.65
SD	2.32	1.40	14.00	3.46	2.73	2.48	27.02	13.57

Note: intercorrelations for nondaily smokers (n = 181) and for daily smokers (n = 241) are presented above and below the diagonal, respectively. Means and standard deviations are presented in the columns for nondaily smokers and in the rows for daily smokers. Correlations are nonparametric ().