title: Comparison of personal characteristics, tobacco use, and health states in Chaldean, Arab American, and non-Middle Eastern White adults.
abstract: This study compared and contrasted personal characteristics, tobacco use (cigarette and water pipe smoking), and health states in Chaldean, Arab American and non-Middle Eastern White adults attending an urban community service center. The average age was 39.4 (SD = 14.2). The three groups differed significantly (P < .006) on ethnicity, age, gender distribution, marital status, language spoken, education, employment, and annual income. Current cigarette smoking was highest for non-Middle Eastern White adults (35.4%) and current water pipe smoking was highest for Arab Americans (3.6%). Arab Americans were more likely to smoke both cigarettes and the narghile (4.3%). Health problems were highest among former smokers in all three ethnic groups. Being male, older, unmarried, and non-Middle Eastern White predicted current cigarette smoking; being Arab or Chaldean and having less formal education predicted current water pipe use.
authors.affiliation: Arab American & Chaldean Council (ACC), 28551 Southfield Road, Lathrup Village, MI 48076, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jamil
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Templin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fakhouri
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khouri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fakhouri
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Omran
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Fauori
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008877:Middle East / Q000208:ethnology; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology