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Table 1 List of variables used in LCA

From: Older adult drug overdose: an application of latent class analysis to identify prevention opportunities

Variable

Description

Values

sex

Biological sex of the victim

female; male

alcohol

Alcohol test result (e.g., was alcohol present)

no; yes; not tested or unknown

isolation

Coded “yes” if isolation bag of words variable or Homeless variable is coded yes

no; yes

ed

ED visit within last year

no; yes; unknown

pain_treat

Treated for acute and/or chronic pain at time of fatal overdose

no; yes; unknown

pain

Coded based on bag-of-word indicators from narrative

no; yes

race

Race category

black; white; mixed, other, or unspecified