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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) of the clustering of health risk behaviours among school-going adolescents in Peninsular Malaysia, MyAHRB 2013

From: Clustering of lifestyle risk behaviours and its determinants among school-going adolescents in a middle-income country: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Boys

Girls

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

 

Lower

Upper

 

Lower

Upper

Ethnicity

 Malay

*0.64

0.6

0.89

0.66

0.432

1.00

 Non-Malay

Ref

  

Ref

  

Father’s Occupation

 Management and clerical

1.20

0.61

2.39

0.50

0.19

1.28

 Manual workers

0.95

0.51

1.77

0.58

0.24

1.42

 Not working

Ref

  

Ref

  

Mother’s Occupation

 Management and clerical

1.06

0.72

1.58

1.05

0.67

1.63

 Manual workers

0.98

0.64

1.49

0.91

0.56

1.47

 Not working

Ref

  

Ref

  

Father’s Education Level

 No formal education

Ref

  

Ref

  

 Primary

1.52

0.41

5.65

1.78

0.53

5.97

 Secondary

2.14

0.62

7.43

1.32

0.43

4.20

 Tertiary

2.09

0.58

7.48

1.36

0.40

4.62

Mother’s Education Level

 No formal education

Ref

  

Ref

  

 Primary

0.56

0.18

1.73

0.38

0.10

1.47

 Secondary

0.60

0.21

1.75

0.74

0.20

2.78

 Tertiary

0.56

0.18

1.74

0.61

0.15

2.49

Marital Status

 Married

1.05

0.56

1.97

1.18

0.58

2.40

 Divorced

Ref

  

Ref

  

Academic Performance

 Poor/Fair

Ref

  

Ref

  

 Good

1.03

0.79

1.4

0.85

0.61

1.17

Close friends

 Fewer than 3

Ref

  

Ref

  

 At least 3

*0.65

0.43

0.99

0.95

0.64

1.43

  1. *Significant values at 95% confidence interval