Mastery, perceived stress and health-related behaviour in northeast Arnhem Land: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Relations between mastery and health-related behaviour, according to age group, for Indigenous respondents

	Age less than 25 years					Age greater than or equal to 25 years
	n	mean	SE*	95% CI^†	p-value^‡	n	mean	SE*	95%CI^†	p-value^‡
Vegetable consumption
Three or fewer times/week	27	15.6	0.69	14.2–16.9	0.345	75	14.7	0.45	13.8–15.5	0.009
Four or more times/week	17	14.3	1.24	11.9–16.7		24	17.3	0.93	15.5–19.1
Fruit consumption
Three or fewer times/week	25	15.9	0.70	14.5–17.2	0.131	73	14.9	0.45	14.1–15.8	0.153
Four or more times/week	19	14.0	1.04	12.0–16.0		26	16.3	0.95	14.4–18.2
Physical activity
Two or fewer times/week	17	17.2	1.02	15.2–19.2	0.022	69	14.8	0.52	13.7–15.8	0.026
Three or more times/week	25	13.8	0.97	11.9–15.7		24	17.1	0.94	15.3–19.0

*standard error; ^†95% confidence interval; ^‡likelihood χ² test with 1 df for age stratum-specific difference in mastery between higher and lower frequency of behaviour, controlling for age and sex

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