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Table 2 Ungdata Survey: Baseline characteristics (percentales and 95%CI) of adolescents aged 13–19 years in 2017–2019, according to depressive symptoms and gender

From: Lifestyle habits and depressive symptoms in Norwegian adolescents: a national cross-sectional study

Variables

Total (n = 241,730)

Boys (n = 116,780)

Girls (n = 121,583)

Low level of depressive symptoms (n = 187,857)

High level of depressive symptoms (n = 53,873)

Low level of depressive symptoms (n = 101,105)

High level of depressive symptoms (n = 14,232)

Low level of depressive symptoms (n = 82,353)

High level of depressive symptoms (n = 38,254)

Lifestyle habits

 Physical activity level

   ≥ 3 times a week

59.3 (59.1–59.5)

47.8 (47.4–48.3)

62.7 (62.4–63.0)

54.3 (53.5–55.1)

55.0 (54.7–55.4)

45.5 (45.0–46.0)

 Social media use

   ≤ 3 h per day

77.8 (77.6–77.9)

59.0 (58.6–59.4)

84.5 (84.3–84.7)

71.6 (70.9–72.4)

69.7 (69.4–70.0)

54.4 (53.9–54.9)

 Gaming

   ≤ 3 h per day

81.9 (81.7–82.0)

79.7 (79.4–80.1)

74.1 (73.8–74.3)

63.3 (62.5–64.1)

91.3 (91.1–91.5)

85.7 (85.4–86.1)

 Smoking

  No current use

90.7 (90.6–90.9)

81.6 (81.2–81.9)

88.5 (88.3–88.7)

75.4 (74.7–76.1)

93.5 (93.3–93.7)

84.0 (83.6–84.4)

 Smokeless tobacco

  No current use

89.7 (89.6–89.9)

80.7 (80.4–81.0)

87.8 (87.6–88.0)

76.0 (75.3–76.7)

92.3 (92.1–92.4)

82.6 (82.3–83.0)

 Alcohol intoxication (previous 12 months)

  No intoxication episodes

71.6 (71.4–71.8)

53.4 (52.9–53.8)

71.0 (70.7–71.2)

52.8 (51.0–52.6)

72.8 (72.5–73.1)

54.2 (53.7–54.7)

Diet and beverage consumption

 Vegetables

  Once a day or more

29.7 (29.5–29.9)

28.5 (28.1–28.9)

24.7 (24.5–25.0)

22.4 (21.7–23.1)

35.8 (35.4–36.1)

30.8 (30.3–31.3)

 Fruit

  Once a day or more

27.2 (27.0–27.4)

24.8 (24.5–25.2)

21.5 (21.2–21.7)

17.8 (17.2–18.4)

34.2 (33.9–34.6)

27.3 (26.9–27.8)

 Whole grain bread

  Once a day or more

32.5 (33.3–32.7)

25.7 (25.4–26.1)

32.6 (32.4–32.9)

27.5 (26.7–28.2)

32.3 (32.0–32.6)

25.1 (24.7–25.6)

 Fish

  Once a week or more

79.0 (78.8–79.2)

71.1 (70.7–71.5)

79.8 (78.6–79.1)

72.7 (70.9–72.4)

79.3 (79.0–79.5)

70.8 (70.4–71.3)

 Salty snacks

   < 4–6 times a week

93.9 (93.8–94.1)

89.3 (89.1–89.6)

93.3 (93.2–93.5)

86.6 (86.1–87.2)

94.7 (94.6–94.9)

90.3 (90.0–90.6)

 Candy

   < 4–6 times a week

91.8 (91.7–91.9)

85.8 (85.5–86.1)

92.5 (92.3–92.7)

86.2 (85.6–86.7)

90.9 (90.7–91.1)

85.7 (85.3–86.0)

 Sugar-sweetened beverages

   < 4–6 times a week

79.4 (79.2–79.6)

73.4 (73.0–73.8)

76.0 (75.8–76.3)

66.6 (65.8–67.4)

83.6 (83.3–83.8)

75.9 (75.5–76.3)

 Diet beverages

   < 4–6 times a week

89.2 (89.1–89.3)

84.0 (83.7–84.4)

88.5 (88.3–88.7)

82.5 (81.8–83.1)

90.0 (89.8–90.2)

84.6 (84.3–85.0)

 Energy drinks

   < 4–6 times a week

93.5 (93.4–93.6)

89.1 (88.9–89.4)

90.4 (90.2–90.6)

80.4 (79.8–81.1)

97.3 (97.2–97.5)

92.4 (92.1–92.6)

 Perceived family economy

  Good economy

81.2 (81.0–81.4)

64.2 (63.8–64.7)

82.2 (81.9–82.4)

65.4 (64.7–66.2)

80.1 (79.8–80.4)

64.9 (63.4–64.4)

  Nor bad or good

15.2 (15.1–15.4)

24.2 (23.9–24.6)

14.2 (14.0–14.4)

21.9 (21.2–22.6)

16.4 (16.1–16.6)

25.0 (24.6–25.4)

  Bad economy

3.6 (3.5–3.7)

11.5 (11.3–11.8)

3.6 (3.5–3.7)

12.7 (12.1–13.2)

3.5 (3.4–3.7)

11.1 (10.8–11.4)

 Grade

  8

21.4 (21.3–21.6)

11.5 (11.3–11.8)

20.7 (20.5–21.0)

11.4 (10.8–11.9)

22.5 (22.2–22.8)

11.7 (11.3–12.0)

  9

19.3 (19.2–19.5)

16.5 (16.2–16.8)

19.4 (19.2–19.7)

15.5 (14.9–16.1)

19.3 (19.1–19.6)

16.9 (16.6–17.3)

  10

18.1 (18.0–18.3)

19.8 (19.5–20.1)

18.4 (18.1–18.6)

19.6 (19.0–20.3)

17.7 (17.4–18.0)

19.8 (19.4–20.2)

  11

18.3 (18.1–18.4)

21.5 (21.1–21.8)

18.8 (18.6–19.1)

22.4 (21.7–23.1)

17.4 (17.2–17.7)

20.1 (20.7–21.5)

  12

14.3 (14.2–14.5)

17.7 (17.4–18.1)

14.8 (14.6–15.1)

18.8 (18.2–19.5)

13.7 (13.5–13.9)

17.4 (17.0–17.8)

  13

8.5 (8.4–8.6)

13.0 (12.7–13.2)

7.8 (7.6–8.0)

12.3 (11.8–12.8)

9.3 (9.1–9.5)

13.2 (12.8–13.5)

 Parents higher education

  Boths parents

61.5 (61.3–61.7)

53.7 (53.2–54.1)

60.6 (60.3–61.0)

53.6 (52.7–54.4)

62.6 (62.3–63.0)

53.7 (53.2–54.2)

  One of the parents

21.4 (21.2–21.6)

24.9 (24.5–25.3)

21.7 (21.4–22.0)

24.4 (23.7–25.2)

21.0 (20.7–21.3)

25.1 (24.6–25.6)

  None of the parents

17.1 (16.9–17.3)

21.5 (21.1–21.8)

17.7 (17.4–17.9)

22.0 (21.3–22.7)

16.4 (16.1–16.7)

21.2 (20.8–21.7)

  1. High level of depressive symptoms coded as ≥80th percentiles and low level of depressive symptoms coded as <80th percentiles