Table 2 Correlation between Smoking Discrepancy and E-Cigarette Use Prevalence
From: Increased e-cigarette use prevalence is associated with decreased smoking prevalence among US adults
Subpopulation | Sensitivity Test with Alternative Cut-Off Year Pearson r* (p value) | Sensitivity Test Excluding 2019–2022 Point Estimates (Using 2007 as Cut-Off Year†) Pearson r* (p value) | Sensitivity Test Excluding Imputed E-Cigarette Prevalence (Using 2007 as Cut-Off Year†) Pearson r* (p value) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 2007† | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||
All Adults (Total) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (0.001) | 0.8 (0.01) | |
Age | 18–34 | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) |
35–54 | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (0.001) | 0.7 (0.005) | 0.7 (0.02) | 0.7 (0.01) | 0.4 (0.2) | |
55+ | -0.2 (0.5) | -0.1 (0.8) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.2) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.0 (1.0) | -0.4 (0.2) | |
Race/Ethnicity | Hispanic | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.7 (0.02) | 0.8 (0.01) |
NH White | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.7 (0.01) | |
NH Black | 0.6 (0.008) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.6 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.6 (0.05) | 0.5 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.01) | 0.2 (0.6) | |
Sex/Gender | Female | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (0.004) | 0.7 (0.005) | 0.7 (0.04) |
Male | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.9 (< 0.001) | 0.8 (0.004) | |