Too Much Heat May Make You Smoke

Global Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 1. Summary of the Structural Equation Model(SEM).

Independent Variable		Dependent Variable	B	SE	95%	CI	p
Age	→	MDD	0.018	0.010	-0.003	0.038	0.088
Male	→	MDD	0.017	0.010	-0.004	0.037	0.107
Family Income	→	MDD	-0.006	0.015	-0.036	0.024	0.701
Family Education	→	MDD	-0.013	0.014	-0.041	0.014	0.340
Heat Exposure	→	MDD	0.032	0.011	0.011	0.054	0.003
Neighborhood Income	→	MDD	-0.011	0.012	-0.034	0.013	0.379
Black	→	MDD	0.037	0.012	0.013	0.061	0.003
Latino	→	MDD	0.016	0.012	-0.008	0.039	0.199
Asian	→	MDD	0.000	0.011	-0.021	0.021	0.975
Other	→	MDD	0.004	0.011	-0.018	0.025	0.733
Intercept	→	MDD	0.003	0.294	-0.574	0.579	0.993

MDD	→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.024	0.011	0.003	0.046	0.027
Behavioral Problems		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.058	0.009	0.040	0.077	< 0.001
Age		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.076	0.009	0.058	0.094	< 0.001
Male		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	-0.021	0.009	-0.039	-0.003	0.024
Family Income		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	-0.033	0.014	-0.061	-0.006	0.017
Family Education		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	-0.024	0.012	-0.048	0.001	0.058
Heat Exposure		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.046	0.010	0.027	0.065	< 0.001
Neighborhood Income		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.021	0.011	0.000	0.043	0.049
Black		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	-0.030	0.011	-0.052	-0.008	0.007
Latino		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.007	0.011	-0.014	0.028	0.494
Asian		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	-0.027	0.009	-0.045	-0.008	0.004
Other		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	0.015	0.010	-0.004	0.034	0.124
Intercept		→	Tobacco Use Initiation	-0.797	0.261	-1.308	-0.285	0.002

Age	→	Behavioral Problems	-0.014	0.009	-0.032	0.004	0.121
Male	→	Behavioral Problems	0.108	0.009	0.090	0.125	< 0.001
Family Income		→	Behavioral Problems	-0.190	0.013	-0.216	-0.163	< 0.001
Family Education		→	Behavioral Problems	-0.004	0.012	-0.028	0.020	0.757
Heat Exposure		→	Behavioral Problems	0.030	0.010	0.011	0.049	0.002
Neighborhood Income		→	Behavioral Problems	0.000	0.011	-0.020	0.021	0.963
Black		→	Behavioral Problems	-0.063	0.011	-0.085	-0.042	< 0.001
Latino		→	Behavioral Problems	-0.042	0.010	-0.062	-0.021	< 0.001
Asian		→	Behavioral Problems	-0.041	0.009	-0.059	-0.023	< 0.001
Other		→	Behavioral Problems	0.024	0.009	0.006	0.043	0.010
Intercept		→	Behavioral Problems	1.783	0.255	1.283	2.283	< 0.001