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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 1. Summary of structural equation model (SEM), overall

		B	SE	95%	CI	p
Age	→	Trauma	-0.002	0.009	-0.020	0.017	0.864
Male	→	Trauma	0.000	0.009	-0.018	0.018	0.975
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	→	Trauma	-0.109	0.010	-0.130	-0.089	< 0.001
Black	→	Trauma	0.036	0.010	0.015	0.056	< 0.001
Intercept	→	Trauma	0.662	0.174	0.320	1.003	< 0.001


Trauma	→	Early Puberty	0.023	0.010	0.003	0.044	0.025
Age	→	Early Puberty	0.112	0.010	0.092	0.131	< 0.001
Male	→	Early Puberty	-0.079	0.010	-0.099	-0.059	< 0.001
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	→	Early Puberty	-0.035	0.012	-0.058	-0.012	0.003
Black	→	Early Puberty	0.087	0.012	0.064	0.110	< 0.001
Intercept	→	Early Puberty	-0.376	0.192	-0.751	0.000	0.050


Trauma	→	Tobacco Use	0.035	0.009	0.016	0.053	< 0.001
Early Puberty	→	Tobacco Use	0.033	0.010	0.014	0.053	0.001
Age	→	Tobacco Use	0.070	0.009	0.052	0.088	< 0.001
Male	→	Tobacco Use	-0.011	0.009	-0.029	0.007	0.232
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	→	Tobacco Use	-0.072	0.011	-0.093	-0.051	< 0.001
Black	→	Tobacco Use	-0.036	0.011	-0.057	-0.015	0.001
Intercept	→	Tobacco Use	-1.013	0.172	-1.350	-0.675	< 0.001