The earlier cross-sectional analysis found a slightly increased likelihood of AR among women that was not replicated in this study, possibly reflecting this study’s adjustment for frequency of attendance at religious services (a positive predictor of AR that was more common among women than men) and past-year smoking (a negative predictor of AR that was less common among women). These factors were not controlled in the earlier study. It could also mean that the excess odds of AR in the previous study reflected a lower tendency for women to relapse from AR as opposed to a greater tendency to achieve AR in the short run, as was measured in the current study. Similarly, the current study’s finding of an increased likelihood of AR among Blacks, Hispanics and Asians that was not found in the cross-sectional analysis could mean that members of these race/ethnic groups are more likely to initially achieve AR but no more likely to sustain it. Alternatively, the lack of association in the earlier study may have reflected its slightly different grouping of race/ethnic groups. In the current
