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Table 5 Interpretation of each latent class with frequencies of membership

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

Class

Description

Frequencies of membership

1

moderate on alcohol, most likely to have recent ED visit, moderate on isolation, highest on pain, most likely in pain treatment, predominantly white, most likely female

0.13

2

least likely to test positive for alcohol, moderate on recent ED visit, least isolated, moderate on pain, moderate on pain treatment, predominantly black (most), moderate on female

0.35

3

most likely positive for alcohol, least likely to have recent ED visit, most isolated, least likely to have pain, least likely to be in pain treatment, mainly Black, most likely male

0.52