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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Apr 1;64:121–125. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.023

Table 3.

a: Prevalence of risk behaviors within latent classes: full sample (N=30093).

Class (% of total sample) Tobacco Use Binge Drinking Unhealthy Diet Physical Inactivity Overweight / Obese
Class 1 (21.0%) 16.1 6.0 98.8 74.7 68.6
Class 2 (14.9 %) 9.2 25.2 84.9 6.4 19.1
Class 3 (41.5%) 10.7 14.6 97.1 81.0 16.8
Class 4 (22.6%) 63.8 95.4 97.0 62.7 36.6

b: Prevalence of risk behaviors within latent classes by racial/ethnic groups.
Tobacco Use Binge Drinking Unhealthy Diet Physical Inactivity Overweight/Obese

White (N=18141)
 Class 1 (52.6%) 13.9 4.7 96.4 75.1 34.2
 Class 2 (14.8 %) 8.8 26.4 81.1 10.6 15.2
 Class 3 (32.6%) 53.2 95.3 97.2 63.2 32.1
Black (N=2087)
 Class 1 (17.1%) 75.0 45.8 98.6 68.8 57.6
 Class 2 (82.9 %) 1.1 11.2 98.0 70.7 45.7
Hispanic (N=2365)
 Class 1 (35.1%) 54.6 73.0 97.5 61.4 46.2
 Class 2 (64.9 %) 5.9 7.0 98.2 68.2 40.8
Asian (N=3795)
 Class 1 (16.9%) 70.9 78.1 95.6 67.8 36.0
 Class 2 (83.1 %) 6.8 9.9 96.3 76.0 22.3
American Indian (N=216)
 Class 1 (25.6%) 75.3 79.6 94.9 66.5 51.6
 Class 2 (74.4 %) 6..5 19.6 91.8 66.7 51.3
Multiracial (N=2310)
 Class 1 (28.5%) 53.0 88.6 94.6 59.6 32.1
 Class 2 (71.5 %) 11.9 5.9 94.8 64.3 34.5
Others (N=462)
 Class 1 (18.9%) 71.2 72.0 89.4 52.2 49.1
 Class 2 (81.1 %) 9.2 14.8 95.2 67.4 31.0
Non-respondent (N=717)
 Class 1 (35.0%) 54.7 88.2 97.5 52.4 35.7
 Class 2 (65.0 %) 13.6 9.6 95.2 67.9 27.0

Note: All values are percentage scale. Bold values indicate the behavior crossed the 50% threshold for participation in the class.