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Table 2 Health risk behaviors among the university sample (n = 1038)

From: Changes in the clustering of health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining predictors using latent transition analysis

 

Total sample

Cluster 1 ‘Lower risk’

Cluster 2 ‘Smokers and drinkers’

Cluster 3 ‘Binge-drinkers and marijuana users’

Cluster 4 ‘Smokers and binge-drinkers’

Cluster prevalence

n

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 T0

1038

677 (65.2)

16 (1.5)

287 (27.6)

58 (5.6)

 T1

1038

814 (78.4)

13 (1.3)

157 (15.1)

53 (5.1)

 T2

430

830 (80.0)

4 (0.01)

144 (13.9)

60 (5.8)

Mean and standard errors (S.E)

Mean (S.E)

Mean (S.E)

Mean (S.E)

Mean (S.E)

Mean (S.E)

 Cigarettes smoked per day

0.56 (1.76)

0.04 (0.01)

10.60 (0.37)

0.28 (0.05)

4.44 (0.13)

 Total weekly number of alcoholic drinks

2.55 (3.49)

1.12 (0.08)

6.43 (1.52)

5.36 (0.70)

4.46 (0.54)

 Total weekly score of unhealthy food consumption

8.89 (5.87)

8.82 (0.19)

8.92 (1.33)

10.04 (0.41)

9.87 (0.74)

Item response probabilities (IRP) and standard errors (S.E)

(%)

IRP (S.E)

IRP (S.E)

IRP (S.E)

IRP (S.E)

Monthly frequency of binge drinking

 Never

52.5

0.84 (0.03)

0.50 (0.09)

0.08 (0.03)

0.39 (0.05)

 Once

27.6

0.14 (0.02)

0.12 (0.05)

0.39 (0.05)

0.23 (0.04)

 Twice

11.4

< 0.01(< 0.01)

0

0.30 (0.03)

0.16 (0.03)

 3 to 5 times

6.4

< 0.01(< 0.01)

0.24 (0.13)

0.20 (0.04)

0.17 (0.04)

 6 to 9 times

1.3

0

0.15 (0.11)

0.02 (0.01)

0.05 (0.02)

 10 times or more

0.3

0

0

0.01 (0.01)

0

Marijuana use

 No

81.6

0.88 (0.02)

0.65 (0.10)

0.44 (0.05)

0.62 (0.05)

 Yes

17.9

0.12 (0.02)

0.35 (0.10)

0.56 (0.05)

0.38 (0.05)

Benzodiazepine use

 No

86.3

0.90 (0.01)

0.79 (0.07)

0.80 (0.03)

0.80 (0.04)

 Yes

13.2

0.10 (0.01)

0.21 (0.07)

0.20 (0.03)

0.21 (0.04)