King G, Bendel R, Delaronde S R
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1998 Jul;88(7):1081-5. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.7.1081.
This study assessed the effects of sociodemographic variables on the smoking behavior of African Americans.
Data for 14,397 African-American respondents (18-64 years old) to the National Health Interview Survey in the years 1990 through 1993 were examined in multivariate models.
Age was the strongest predictor of smoking, and men were at least 1.75 times as likely as women to be smokers (P < .001).
The Year 2000 goal of an 18% prevalence rate among African-American adults may not be attained without major community interventions focusing on male and middle-aged African Americans.
本研究评估了社会人口统计学变量对非裔美国人吸烟行为的影响。
对1990年至1993年期间参加全国健康访谈调查的14397名年龄在18至64岁之间的非裔美国受访者的数据进行了多变量模型分析。
年龄是吸烟的最强预测因素,男性吸烟的可能性至少是女性的1.75倍(P <.001)。
如果不针对非裔美国男性和中年人群体进行重大社区干预,2000年非裔美国成年人吸烟率达到18%的目标可能无法实现。