Table 2

Unadjusted associations between food security (FS) and smoking outcomes

Cross-sectional association between FS status and current smokingLongitudinal fixed-effect model examining changes in FS and current smokingLongitudinal tobit model examining FS status and smoking intensity
OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)Relative difference (95% CI)
Current FS
 High FS
 Marginal FS1.64*** (1.26 to 2.14)1.49* (1.04 to 2.13)1.16*** (1.07 to 1.26)
 Low FS1.90*** (1.46 to 2.48)1.77** (1.17 to 2.67)1.22*** (1.11 to 1.33)
 Very low FS2.44*** (1.84 to 3.23)1.62* (1.01 to 2.58)1.17** (1.06 to 1.30)
Observations2228176611 674
No of Unique IDs22283512553
  • *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.