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Table 4 Hazard ratios for self-harm according to indicators of adolescent mental and physical health in the study population (crude and adjusted models)

From: Adolescent health and subsequent risk of self-harm hospitalisation: a 15-year follow-up of the Young-HUNT cohort

 

No.

Crudeb

Adjustedc

 

SHa

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

Gender

 Male

24

1.00

1.00

 Female

57

2.42 (1.50–3.90)

2.37 (1.47–3.82)

Parental socioeconomic status

 Primary education

7

1.00

1.00

 Secondary education

13

0.54 (0.21–1.34)

0.49 (0.20–1.23)

 Tertiary education

61

0.91 (0.42–1.99)

0.80 (0.37–1.76)

Cohabitation status

 Parents live together

49

1.00

1.00

 Parents separated/divorced

32

2.61 (1.67–4.08)

2.56 (1.63–4.00)

Anxiety/depression (SCL-5)

 SCL-5 mean score

80

2.80 (2.06–3.81)

2.36 (1.71–3.27)

 Non-caseness symptoms anxiety/depression

56

1.00

1.00

Caseness symptoms anxiety/depression

24

4.25 (2.63–6.86)

3.37 (2.06–5.52)

(SCL-5 single items)

 Not felt constantly afraid and anxious

70

1.00

1.00

 Felt constantly afraid and anxious

10

5.43 (2.80–10.54)

4.00 (2.04–7.84)

 Not felt tense or uneasy

62

1.00

1.00

 Felt tense or uneasy

17

5.48 (3.20–9.38)

4.40 (2.55–7.59)

 Not felt hopelessness when thinking of the future

63

1.00

1.00

 Felt hopelessness when thinking of the future

17

2.65 (1.55–4.53)

2.31 (1.34–3.96)

 Not felt dejected or sad

65

1.00

1.00

 Felt dejected or sad

15

2.91 (1.55–5.10)

2.25 (1.27–3.99)

 Not worried too much about various things

60

1.00

1.00

 Worried too much about various things

20

2.80 (1.69–4.65)

2.29 (1.37–3.83)

Loneliness

 Sometimes/less seldom

66

1.00

1.00

 Very often/often

15

3.88 (2.22–6.80)

3.24 (1.84–5.70)

Bullied at school

 Never/sometimes

73

1.00

1.00

 Very often/often

5

3.45 (1.40–8.55)

3.37 (1.36–8.35)

Body mass index (kg/m2)d

 Underweight (BMI <18.5)

4

1.22 (0.44–3.36)

1.21 (0.44–3.35)

 Normal-weight (BMI 18.5–25)

54

1.00

1.00

 Overweight (BMI 25–30)

11

1.10 (0.58–2.11)

1.02 (0.53–1.96)

 Obesity (BMI >30)

7

3.28 (1.49–7.22)

3.18 (1.45–7.01)

Epilepsy

 No

72

1.00

1.00

 Yes

3

3.99 (1.26–12.68)

4.08 (1.28–12.98)

Migraine

 No

69

1.00

1.00

 Yes

7

2.85 (1.31–6.19)

2.45 (1.13–5.35)

Asthma

 No

70

1.00

1.00

 Yes

11

1.18 (0.62–2.23)

1.13 (0.60–2.14)

Allergy

 No

60

1.00

1.00

 Yes

21

0.73 (0.44–1.20)

0.70 (0.43–1.15)

Skin rash

 No

63

1.00

1.00

 Yes

18

1.10 (0.65–1.86)

0.96 (0.57–1.62)

Stomach pain

 Seldom/never

46

1.00

1.00

 Sometimes/often

31

2.62 (1.66–4.14)

2.16 (1.36–3.45)

Headache

 Seldom/never

29

1.00

1.00

 Sometimes/often

49

2.53 (1.60–4.00)

2.06 (1.29–3.31)

Smoking

 Non-smoker

29

1.00

1.00

 Smoker (occasionally/daily)

33

2.08 (1.26–3.43)

1.89 (1.14–3.13)

Alcohol

 Been drunk ≤10 times

45

1.00

1.00

 Been drunk >10 times

26

1.28 (0.78–2.10)

1.21 (0.73–2.00)

  1. Excluding self-harm hospitalisations occurring within 5 months after participation in Young-HUNT
  2. SH self-harm, HR hazard ratio, SCL-5 Hopkins Symptom Checklist, 5-item version
  3. aTotal number of self-harm patients vary due to complete case analyses with varying number of missing observations, and start of follow-up postponed 5 months (152 days) from Young-HUNT participation date
  4. bAdjusted for age (as time axis)
  5. cAdjusted for age (as time axis), gender, cohabitation situation and socioeconomic status/parental education level at baseline
  6. dContinuous age- and gender-specific residuals of standard deviation from mean group body mass index