ArticleRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2020
[Sociodemographic characteristics associated with the prevalence of tobacco use in Costa RicaCaracterísticas sociodemográficas associadas à prevalência do consumo de tabaco na Costa Rica].
Article in Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Health inequalities in a middle-income country: a systematic review of the Costa Rican case.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Descriptive epidemiology of gastric cancer in Costa Rica from 1990 to 2022 and projection of deaths to 2050: a population-based study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Social gradient and rural-urban disparities in cancer mortality in Costa Rica.Cancer epidemiology · 2024Article
- Health inequalities in cause-specific mortality in Costa Rica: a population-based cohort study.Revista de saude publica · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the associations between sociodemographic characteristics and the current prevalence of tobacco use in Costa Rica, based on the results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).
methodsCross-sectional observational epidemiological study, country-wide (n = 8607), that used the sociodemographic variables included in GATS 2015. A logistic regression model was designed to predict the impact of those variables on current tobacco use. The dependent variable is current tobacco use, considering the social determinants available in the survey: sex, educational level, area of residence, age, and household composition.
resultsThe logistic regression model shows that being female (OR = 0.29;
conclusionsThere is an association between the sociodemographic variables found in the GATS Costa Rica survey carried out in 2015 and current tobacco use. Interventions at the family and community levels could help consumers give up smoking.
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