Predictors for Smoking Cessation with Acupuncture in a Hong Kong Population

Table 2

Binary logistic regression evaluating the relationship between possible predictors and smoking cessation results.

Category	Variables	8 weeks		52 weeks
			OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Demographic data	Gender	0.056	0.711 (0.501–1.008)	0.023	0.710 (0.528–0.955)
	Age	0.472	0.991 (0.967–1.016)	0.577	0.994 (0.973–1.016)
	Education	0.207	0.900 (0.764–1.060)	0.582	0.960 (0.832–1.109)
	Residential zone	0.661	1.007 (0.977–1.037)	0.052	1.026 (1.000–1.053)
	Treatment location	0.018	1.039 (1.007–1.072)	0.001	0.944 (0.914–0.976)
Smoking background	Smoking history	0.197	1.017 (0.991–1.043)	0.449	1.009 (0.986–1.032)
	Number of cigarettes smoked/day	0.149	0.982 (0.958–1.006)	0.093	0.982 (0.961–1.003)
	FTND	0.766	0.988 (0.912–1.070)	0.002	0.899 (0.839–0.963)
	Number of previous quit attempts	0.102	0.984 (0.965–1.003)	0.102	0.987 (0.971–1.003)
	Expired CO	0.498	1.057 (0.901–1.240)	0.327	0.935 (0.817–1.070)
Reasons and motivation	Quitting confidence	0.510	1.035 (0.935–1.145)	0.225	1.056 (0.967–1.152)
	Quitting preparation	0.112	1.095 (0.979–1.227)	0.961	0.998 (0.908–1.096)
	Reasons to select acupuncture	0.141	1.095 (0.970–1.236)	0.151	0.926 (0.833–1.029)
	Due to health of his own	0.366	0.842 (0.579–1.223)	0.206	0.815 (0.594–1.119)
	Due to health of family member	0.225	0.832 (0.619–1.120)	0.139	1.207 (0.941–1.549)
	Due to good looking	0.391	1.203 (0.788–1.836)	0.224	0.789 (0.538–1.156)
	Due to persuasion	0.267	0.845 (0.627–1.138)	0.847	1.025 (0.795–1.322)
	Due to money saving	0.772	0.944 (0.686–1.298)	0.210	1.187 (0.908–1.552)
Treatment condition	Total sessions of acupuncture	0.000	1.171 (1.103–1.243)	0.000	1.160 (1.098–1.225)
	Whether the participants finished 6 sessions within the first month	0.683	1.159 (0.572–2.349)	0.066	1.962 (0.956–4.023)
	Whether the participants finished at least 6 sessions of acupuncture	0.000	5.942 (2.481–14.231)	0.095	0.979 (0.455–2.105)