Simultaneous Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents Associated with Higher Economic Class in the Northeast of Brazil
Table 3
Crude and adjusted prevalence ratio for the association between simultaneous health risk behaviors and sociodemographic variables in adolescents from the geoeconomic region of Aracaju, State of Sergipe, 2011.
Variables
1 RB or more versus no RB
2 RB versus 1 RB
3 RB versus 2 RB
1 RB or more versus no RB
2 RB versus 1 RB
3 RB versus 2 RB
Crude PR (CI 95%)
Crude PR (CI 95%)
Crude PR (CI 95%)
Adjusted PR (CI 95%)
Adjusted PR (CI 95%)
Adjusted PR (CI 95%)
Sex
Female
0.99 (0.95–1.03)
0.78 (0.72–0.86)
0.72 (0.62–0.82)
—
0.79 (0.73–0.87)
0.73 (0.63–0.84)
Male
1
1
1
1
1
Age
16 years
1.00 (0.97–1.04)
0.87 (0.80–0.95)
0.75 (0.65–0.86)
—
0.87 (0.80–0.95)
0.75 (0.65–0.86)
17 years
1
1
1
1
1
Socioeconomic level
High
1.10 (1.02–1.18)
1.46 (1.22–1.76)
1.48 (1.13–1.93)
1.10 (1.02–1.18)
1.43 (1.19–1.72)
1.43 (1.09–1.87)
Medium
1.08 (1.01–1.15)
1.26 (1.06–1.51)
1.21 (0.94–1.56)
1.08 (1.01–1.15)
1.26 (1.06–1.50)
1.21 (0.94–1.56)
Low
1
1
1
1
1
1
PR: prevalence ratio; CI 95%: 95% confidence interval; RB: health risk behaviors.
