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Trauma and Early Puberty May Be Stronger Predictors of Early Tobacco Initiation in Girls Compared to Boys

Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences | Vol 5, Issue 1

Table 2. Summary of structural equation model (SEM),by sex


				Females					Males

		B	SE	95%	CI	p	B	SE	95%	CI	p
Age	→	Trauma	-0.016	0.013	-0.042	0.010	0.229	0.010	0.013	-0.015	0.035	0.423
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	→	Trauma	-0.110	0.015	-0.139	-0.080	0.000	-0.109	0.014	-0.138	-0.081	0.000
Black	→	Trauma	0.027	0.015	-0.003	0.056	0.079	0.044	0.014	0.016	0.072	0.002
Intercept	→	Trauma	0.967	0.253	0.471	1.463	0.000	0.417	0.240	-0.054	0.888	0.083


Trauma	→	Early Puberty	0.032	0.015	0.002	0.062	0.039	0.020	0.014	-0.008	0.048	0.171
Age	→	Early Puberty	0.181	0.015	0.152	0.210	0.000	0.064	0.014	0.037	0.090	0.000
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	→	Early Puberty	-0.032	0.018	-0.066	0.003	0.072	-0.038	0.016	-0.069	-0.007	0.016
Black	→	Early Puberty	0.113	0.017	0.079	0.147	0.000	0.070	0.016	0.039	0.101	0.000
Intercept	→	Early Puberty	-1.623	0.284	-2.180	-1.067	0.000	0.332	0.257	-0.171	0.835	0.196


Trauma	→	Tobacco Use	0.048	0.014	0.021	0.075	0.000	0.024	0.013	-0.001	0.050	0.063
Early Puberty	→	Tobacco Use	0.048	0.015	0.019	0.077	0.001	0.021	0.014	-0.005	0.048	0.118
Age	→	Tobacco Use	0.076	0.014	0.050	0.102	0.000	0.063	0.013	0.038	0.088	0.000
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	→	Tobacco Use	-0.087	0.015	-0.118	-0.057	0.000	-0.057	0.015	-0.086	-0.028	0.000
Black	→	Tobacco Use	-0.052	0.015	-0.082	-0.022	0.001	-0.021	0.015	-0.050	0.008	0.155
Intercept	→	Tobacco Use	-1.137	0.251	-1.629	-0.645	0.000	-0.891	0.238	-1.358	-0.424	0.000