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Table 4 Emotional symptoms, conduct problems and hyperactivity

From: Sleep and behavioural problems associate with low mood in Finnish children aged 4–12 years: an epidemiological study

 

Conduct problems score

Hyperactive score

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Often unhappy, down-hearted or tearful

5.64 (4.26–7.45)***

3.33 (2.38–4.67)***

4.42 (3.13–6.24)***

2.78 (1.80–4.28)***

Often complains of headaches, stomach aches or sickness

2.36 (1.85–3.03)***

1.61 (1.23–2.10)***

2.01 (1.45–2.79)***

1.33 (0.93–1.90)

Many worries, often seems worried

3.86 (2.95–5.05)***

1.70 (1.22–2.37)**

3.03 (2.15–4.27)***

1.32 (0.85–2.05)

Nervous or clingy in new situations, easily loses confidence

1.43 (1.13–1.81)**

1.05 (0.81–1.36)

1.54 (1.12–2.12)**

1.10 (0.78–1.55)

Many fears, easily scared

3.06 (2.29–4.10)***

1.43 (1.01–2.02)*

3.42 (2.38–4.90)***

1.88 (1.23–2.88)*

  1. Regression analysis examining the problem scores as explained variables and the emotional symptoms as predictor variables. The problem scores were categorized as normal, borderline or abnormal (0–2; 3; 4–10 for conduct problems and 0–5; 6; 7–10 for hyperactive problems, respectively) and the emotional symptoms dichotomized in “not true” and “somewhat/certainly true”
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  3. OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval