Racial discrimination and allostatic load among First Nations Australians: a nationally representative cross-sectional study

Table 6 Wald chi-squared tests, allostatic load risk index

Full Sample		Estimate	SE	Wald statistic	P-value
Low risk	Challenged but healthy	−0.436	0.065	44.939	<.001
Low risk	Mental health risk	−0.048	0.109	0.192	ns
Low risk	Multiple challenges	−0.888	0.062	206.248	<.001
Challenged but healthy	Mental health risk	0.388	0.094	16.913	<.001
Challenged but healthy	Multiple challenges	− 0.453	0.0439	106.449	<.001
Mental health risk	Multiple challenges	− 0.841	0.093	82.170	<.001
	Omnibus test			301.737	<.001
Racial discrimination exposure
Low risk	Challenged but healthy	−0.196	0.181	1.176	ns
Low risk	Mental health risk	0.447	0.306	2.136	ns
Low risk	Multiple challenges	−0.869	0.161	29.121	<.001
Challenged but healthy	Mental health risk	0.644	0.281	5.246	<.025
Challenged but healthy	Multiple challenges	−0.673	0.124	29.442	<.001
Mental health risk	Multiple challenges	−1.317	0.266	24.518	<.001
	Omnibus test			67.507	<.001
No racial discrimination exposure
Low risk	Challenged but healthy	−0.488	0.069	50.119	<.001
Low risk	Mental health risk	−0.085	0.119	0.515	ns
Low risk	Multiple challenges	−0.881	0.067	173.425	<.001
Challenged but healthy	Mental health risk	0.402	0.103	15.315	<.001
Challenged but healthy	Multiple challenges	−0.393	0.0469	70.174	<.001
Mental health risk	Multiple challenges	−0.795	0.102	61.179	<.001
	Omnibus test			235.537	<.001

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