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Predicting smoking status by symptoms of depression for U.S. adolescents
M Q Wang1, E C Fitzhugh, R C Westerfield
1Health Studies Program, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0312.
Abstract:
This study examined the predictive relationships between adolescents' smoking and symptoms of depression. A national sample of 6,900 adolescents, ages 14 to 18 years, were selected for analysis. Variables of interest included measures for smoking status and symptoms of depression. Odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio from logistic regression analyses indicated that more of the 885 smokers than of the 6,015 nonsmokers reported feelings of unhappiness, sadness, or depression, hopelessness about the future, and having trouble going to sleep.
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