Table 4 Odds Ratios (OR) for the associations between mental health problems at baseline and anxiety at T2 and T3, controlling for sex, age and SES

Model 1

OR (95% CI)^a

OR (95% CI)^b

OR (95% CI)^c

Psychosomatic symptoms

1.02 (.98-1.05)

1.05 (1.02-1.08)

1.13 (1.07-1.19)

Number of anxiety symptoms at T1

1.08 (1.06-1.09)

1.04 (1.03-1.06)

1.01 (1.00-1.03)

Sex

4.31 (3.00-6.27)

2.05 (1.49-2.81)

2.21 (1.19-4.08)

Age

1.13 (.98-1.31)

1.12 (.98-1.29)

1.11 (.87-1.40)

Parents´ country of birth

1.16 (.81-1.66)

.76 (.52-1.11)

.50 (.24-1.05)

Model 2

OR (95% CI)^d

OR (95% CI)^e

OR (95% CI)^f

Somatic symptoms

1.02 (.91-1.14)

1.18 (1.06-1.32)

1.30 (1.08-1.57)

Musculoskeletal symptoms

1.02 (.93-1.13)

1.01 (.92-1.12)

1.12 (.96-1.31)

Psychological symptoms

1.04 (.92-1.17)

1.05 (.93-1.18)

1.12 (.91-1.38)

Number of anxiety symptoms

1.08 (1.06-1.09)

1.04 (1.03-1.06)

1.02 (1.00-1.04)

Sex

4.39 (3.01-6.43)

1.94 (1.42-2.68)

2.22 (1.18-4.17)

Age

1.12 (97-1.30)

1.12 (.98-1.30)

1.10 (.86-1.40)

Parents’ country of birth

1.13 (.78-1.63)

.79 (.52-1.19)

.46 (.21-1.00)