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Table 3 Factors associated with depression and anxiety, in simple and multiple regression analysis

From: Internet addiction and mental health disorders in high school students in a Peruvian region: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Depression

Anxiety

Simple regression

Multiple regression

Simple regression

Multiple regression

PR

CI 95%

p *

PR

CI 95%

p *

PR

CI 95%

p *

PR

CI 95%

p *

Age (years)

1.01

0.98–1.03

0.571

0.99

0.95–1.03

0.588

1.00

0.92–1.08

0.982

0.98

0.92–1.04

0.533

Sex

 Male

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 Female

1.16

1.12–1.20

 < 0.001

1.15

1.08–1-23

 < 0.001

1.58

1.27–1.95

 < 0.001

1.40

1.17–1.67

 < 0.001

BMI(categorized)

 Underweight

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 Normal

1.11

0.90–1.37

0.325

1.09

0.91–1.30

0.361

0.85

0.54–1.33

0.479

0.78

0.54–1.12

0.176

 Overweight

1.09

0.84–1.40

0.523

1.09

0.85–1.40

0.488

0.98

0.63–1.52

0.916

0.88

0.57–1.36

0.566

 Obese

1.08

0.81–1.45

0.582

0.98

0.72–1.35

0.920

0.87

0.51–1.47

0.598

0.82

0.40–1.69

0.596

Alcohol consumption

 No

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 Yes

1.15

1.08–1.23

 < 0.001

1.07

1.01–1.13

0.025

1.34

1.02–1.74

0.003

1.09

0.88–1.34

0.424

Tobacco use

 No

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 Yes

1.28

1.05–1.56

0.014

1.13

0.85–1.50

0.411

1.83

0.87–3.82

0.110

1.57

0.71–3.46

0.261

Failing courses

 No

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 Yes

1.05

0.98–1.13

0.166

1.03

0.91–1.16

0.687

1.05

0.78–1.41

0.759

1.04

0.87–1.23

0.697

Self-esteem

1.00

0.98–1.01

0.758

1.00

0.99–1.01

0.985

1.03

1.00–1.07

0.045

1.04

1.00–1.07

0.063

Physical activity

1.00

0.90–1.11

0.992

1.02

0.93–1.12

0.687

0.92

0.74–1.15

0.472

1.00

0.80–1.25

0.993

Eating Disorder

 No

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 Yes

1.33

1.19–1.48

 < 0.001

1.25

1.08–1.44

0.003

1.58

1.35–1.85

 < 0.001

1.37

1.01–1.87

0.046

Insomnia

 Clinical insomnia absent

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 Subclinical insomnia

1.34

1.18–1-52

 < 0.001

1.28

1.12–1.46

 < 0.001

1.69

1.22–2.36

0.002

1.42

1.01–2.01

0.049

 Moderate clinical insomnia

1.37

1.17–1.60

 < 0.001

1.18

0.89–1.57

0.251

2.31

1.76–3.04

 < 0.001

1.44

0.97–2.13

0.073

 Severe clinical insomnia

1.23

0.81–1.88

0.332

1.04

0.62–1.74

0.882

1.15

0.18–7.24

0.878

0.69

0.07–6.87

0.750

Use of devices to connect to the Internet (hours)

 < 1 h

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 1 to 2 h

1.34

1.12–1.61

0.002

1.25

0.99–1.57

0.062

1.73

0.66–4.53

0.267

1.44

0.46–4.51

0.531

 2 to 3 h

1.37

1.21–1.56

 < 0.001

1.26

1.02–1.56

0.033

1.53

0.57–4.14

0.397

1.52

0.50–4.68

0.463

 3 to 4 h

1.51

1.20–1.91

 < 0.001

1.50

1.14–1.99

0.004

2.14

0.85–5.42

0.108

1.86

0.70–4.94

0.213

 > 4 h

1.39

1.24–1.56

 < 0.001

1.33

1.11–1.60

0.002

1.63

0.84–3.18

0.149

1.29

0.70–2.40

0.416

Academic internet use

 No

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 Yes

0.83

0.70–0.97

0.024

0.85

0.74–0.98

0.022

0.86

0.66–1.14

0.295

1.10

0.88–1.39

0.405

Internet use for social interaction

 No

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 Yes

1.06

0.96–1.17

0.243

0.96

0.80–1.15

0.661

1.35

1.01–1.80

0.043

1.31

1.07–1.61

0.010

Internet use for gaming

 No

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 Yes

1.19

1.02–1.39

0.024

1.13

0.98–1.31

0.094

0.88

0.60–1.27

0.490

0.96

0.73–1.26

0.764

Internet addiction disorder

 Normal

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 Mild

1.19

1.05–1.35

0.006

0.98

0.86–1.10

0.696

1.50

1.08–2.09

0.015

1.24

0.75–2.04

0.410

 Moderate

1.25

1.02–1.53

0.034

0.95

0.82–1.09

0.455

1.28

0.45–3.66

0.639

0.81

0.28–2.31

0.690

 Severe

1.53

1.47–1.60

 < 0.001

1.08

0.96–1.22

0.201

4.11

3.35–5.05

 < 0.001

2.96

1.86–4.71

 < 0.001

  1. * p-values obtained with Generalized Linear Models (GLM), Poisson family, log-link function, and robust variance