Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

"mental illness"

Original Article

Gender Difference in the Association Between E-Cigarette Use and Depression among US Adults: Baksun Sung; Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2021;12(1):13-19.
Published online February 23, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2021.12.1.03

Abstract
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<sec> Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the association between e-cigarette use and depression and examine how this association is different by gender among US adults.</sec> <sec> Methods Data from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends was used, and included 174,351 of 230,875 US adults aged 18 years and older. Data were analyzed using the multivariate logistic regression models.</sec> <sec> Results After adjusting for age, race, education, income, marital status, employment status, smoking status, and physical activity, firstly, “current daily e-cigarette users” (AOR = 2.487, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), “current non-daily e-cigarette users” (AOR = 1.623, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), and “former e-cigarette users” (AOR = 1.573, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001) were associated with increased odds of depression compared with “never e-cigarette users.” Secondly, women were associated with increased odds of depression compared with men (AOR = 1.797, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001). Finally, male “current daily e-cigarette users” (AOR = 1.366, <italic>p</italic> < 0.01) were associated with increased odds of depression compared with female “never e-cigarette users.”</sec> <sec> Conclusion Thus, even though women tend to be more vulnerable to depression compared with men, e-cigarette use was positively associated with depression among both men and women.</sec>

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