Associations between sport and screen-entertainment with mental health problems in 5-year-old children

Table 3 Associations between any sports (yes versus no (referent)) and SDQ scales: regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals.

	Emotional^a	Conduct^b	Hyperactivity^a	Peer^a	Prosocial^c	Total^a
Univariable Results
Boys	-0.39 (-0.46, -0.31); p < 0.001	-0.48 (-0.60, -0.39); p < 0.001	-0.55 (-0.69, -0.41); p < 0.001	-0.49 (-0.55, -0.42); p < 0.001	0.22 (0.12, 0.32); p < 0.001	-1.89 (-2.16, -1.63); p < 0.001
Girls	-0.52 (-0.62, -0.43); p < 0.001	-0.50 (-0.59, -0.42); p < 0.001	-0.81 (-0.93, -0.69); p < 0.001	-0.45 (-0.53, -0.37); p < 0.001	0.21 (0.13, 0.30); p < 0.001	-2.29 (-2.56, -2.01); p < 0.001
Adjusted results
Boys	-0.18 (-0.26, -0.10); p < 0.001	-0.14 (-0.22, -0.05); p = 0.002	-0.06 (-0.20, 0.07); p = 0.35	-0.21 (-0.29, -0.13); p < 0.001	0.11 (0.00, 0.21); p = 0.04	-0.60 (-0.86, -0.33); p < 0.001
Girls	-0.31 (-0.41, -0.21); p < 0.001	-0.19 (-0.28, -0.11); p < 0.001	-0.33 (-0.45, -0.20); p < 0.001	-0.18 (-0.25, -0.10); p < 0.001	0.11 (0.01, 0.20); p = 0.03	-1.02 (-1.29, -0.75); p < 0.001

Regression coefficients represent differences in SDQ scores compared with the reference group.
^a Adjusted for gender, child's ethnicity, maternal employment status, mother's highest academic qualification, maternal socio-economic status, household income, lone parent status, no. of children in household, child's longstanding illness, mother's longstanding illness, maternal emotional problems.
^b Adjusted for gender, maternal employment status, mother's highest academic qualification, maternal socio-economic status, household income, lone parent status, no. of children in household, child's longstanding illness, mother's longstanding illness, maternal emotional problems.
^c Adjusted for gender, maternal employment status, mother's highest academic qualification, maternal socio-economic status, household income, lone parent status, no. of children in household, child's longstanding illness, maternal emotional problems.

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