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Table 5 Demographic characteristics of at risk group (i.e., those reporting one or more behaviours on the basic risk + sleep + smoking index) in the 2013–2014 Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (n = 2314)

From: Lifestyle risk indices in adolescence and their relationships to adolescent disease burden: findings from an Australian national survey

 

% (SE)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Sex

 Male

30.4 (1.5)

1.17 (0.98–1.40)

0.87 (0.72–1.06)

 Female

33.9 (1.5)

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Age

 13

16.7 (2.4)

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 14

22.4 (2.4)

1.43 (0.93–2.21)

1.42 (0.92–2.19)

 15

26.5 (2.6)

1.79 (1.126–2.78)b

1.75 (1.13–2.71)a

 16

43.1 (1.9)

3.78 (2.62–5.45)c

3.55 (2.46–5.14)c

 17

51.0 (2.1)

65.20 (3.60–7.50)c

4.05 (2.77–5.92)c

Area

 City

31.2 (1.4)

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 Rural

33.6 (1.9)

1.12 (0.91–1.37)

1.14 (0.92–1.42)

Country of birth

 Australia

32.3 (1.2)

1.06 (0.81–1.39)

1.05 (0.79–1.40)

 Overseas

31.0 (2.7)

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Education

 Not attending school

66.5 (3.3)

4.74 (3.51–6.41)c

2.67 (1.98–3.62)c

 Attending school

29.5 (1.1)

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Total

31.9% (1.1)

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  1. ap < 0.05; b p < 0.01; c p < 0.001
  2. NB: Risky alcohol use defined as 4 or more standard drinks in past 30 days; illicit drug use risk defined as any drug use in past 30 days; unprotected sex risk defined as no protection against pregnancy of sexually transmitted diseases the last time the respondent had sexual intercourse; BMI (body mass index) risk defined as less than 18.5 or greater than 30; sleep risk defined as less than 7 hours per day or more than 11 hours per day on average; smoking risk defined as cigarette smoking in the past 30 days