Association between smoking status and changes in health behaviours during the COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional study in Israel.

BMJ Open · 2025 · PMC11966942 · PMID 40180391

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closest p · 2.0× alpha

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close to significancep≤0.1so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

An independent variable that was significantly associated with or close to significance (p≤0.1) with the explanatory variable was suspected as a confounding variable in the tested association.

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