Research Article

Waterpipe Nicotine Dependence and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescent Waterpipe and Dual Users

Table 3

Comparisons between WTP smokers and dual users∗ǂ.

VariableWTP smokersDual usersp value

WTP Nicotine Dependence Scale163.763 (59.037, 68.489)77.107 (69.906, 84.309)0.001
Depressive Symptoms Scale29.914 (9.364, 10.463)10.593 (8.926, 12.261)0.175
Waterpipes smoked per week2.615 (1.586, 3.644)4.074 (2.022, 6.127)0.145

Plus-minus values are means ± SD. ǂAdjusted for weights (the total number of observations after weight adjustment is 123,083) and clusters. 1WTP Nicotine Dependence Scale ranges from 37 to 185. 2Depressive Symptoms Scale ranges from 6 to 24.