The influence of behavioural and health problems on alcohol and drug use in late adolescence - a follow up study of 2 399 young Norwegians

Table 1 Distribution and prevalence of early alcohol intoxication and behavioural and health problems* divided by gender at baseline.

	Boys (N = 1115)			Girls (N = 1284)
Exposure variables	N	%	95%CI	N	%	95%CI	p-value**
Anxiety/depressive symptoms	128	11.5	9.6-13.4	269	21.0	18.7-23.2	<0.0001
Attention problems	188	16.9	14.7-19.1	260	20.2	18.0-22.4	0.04
Conduct problems	181	16.2	14.0-18.4	68	5.3	4.0-6.5	<0.0001
Pain and tension problems	148	13.3	11.3-15.3	305	23.8	21.5-26.1	<0.0001
Early alcohol intoxication	267	23.9	21.4-26.4	357	27.8	25.4-30.3	0.044

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