Table 4.

Physical health stratified by ethnocultural background (n=172).

	Non-Aboriginal (n=89)	Aboriginal (n=83)
In the past year experienced
Pain in legs, arms, stomach	70.8%	62.2%
Chest pains	34.8%	40.2%
Fatigue*	83.1%	65.9%
Insomnia	68.5%	61.7%
Has a chronic medical problem	58.4%	52.4%
Sought help for medical problems in the past year	67.1%	74.4%
# Days medical problems in past 30 (± SEM)	18.0 ± 1.4	15.1 ± 1.5
Mean ASI Medical Composite Severity Score (± SEM)†	0.6 ± 0.04	0.5 ± 0.04
# Times hospitalised in lifetime (± SEM)	4.8 ± 0.8	4.1 ± 0.5

Groups were compared using Student’s t-tests and Chi-square analysis. Values represent the group percentage, or mean ± SEM.

* Significant differences between groups p<0.05, corrected for multiple comparisons.

†ASI – Addiction Severity Index composite scores range from 0 to 1.0, with higher scores indicating greater problem severity.