A cross-sectional survey and latent class analysis of the prevalence and clustering of health risk factors among people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

Table 4 Socio-demographic variable odds ratios associated with membership of class 2 (Risk taking) and 3 (Inactive, overweight and depressed) relative to class 1 (Poor fruit/vegetable intake, lower risk)

	Class 2: Risk taking			Class 3: Inactive, o/wt, depressed
Socio-demographics	Odds Ratio	Std. error	p-value	Odds Ratio	Std. error	p-value
Gender ^a
Male	3.11	0.46	0.01^*	0.21	0.64	0.02^*
Age ^b
35-54 yrs	1.40	0.46	0.47	3.35	0.66	0.07
55 yrs+	0.17	0.62	<0.01^*	0.29	0.73	0.86
Indigenous status ^c
Non-Aboriginal	1	0.53	0.99	0.84	0.70	0.80
Education level ^d
Year 12	0.69	0.55	0.51	0.38	0.91	0.28
TAFE/Other	0.20	0.85	0.06	0.37	1.02	0.32
University/ Tertiary	2.37	0.64	0.89	2.61	0.60	0.11
Employment ^e
Unemployed	2.82	0.51	0.04^*	2.48	0.54	0.09
Exposure to violence ^f
Yes	30.87	1.19	<0.01^*	57.17	1.27	<0.01^*
Site ^g
Site 2	0.92	0.40	0.83	0.81	0.47	0.66

^*Significant predictors of class membership (p < .05)
^aGender reference group: Female
^bAge reference group: 18-34 yrs
^cIndigenous status reference group: Aboriginal participants (including seven participants who identified as both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
^dEducation level reference group: Year ten or below
^eEmployment reference group: Employed
^fExposure to violence reference group: No; Exposure to violence included having experienced any physical violence, and/or emotional violence often in the last 12 months
^gSite reference group: Site 1

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