Table 5.

Associations between baseline physical activity and baseline self-reported health, mental distress and externalized symptoms among participants in 2004 and all invitees

	Participants 2004							All invitees
Gender/ethnicity 1	Physical activity 2001							Physical activity 2001
Health variables collected	0-2 h		3+ h		Prevalence ratio			0-2 h		3+ h		Prevalence ratio
in 2001	n	%	n	%	PR	95% CI		n	%	n	%	PR	95% CI
Norway/western
Boys
Bad/not so good self-reported health	42	14.1	45	5.0	2.8	1.9	4.2	103	16.2	116	6.9	2.4	1.8	3.0
Mental distress - HSCL above cut off	27	8.9	51	5.6	1.6	1.0	2.5	78	12.2	127	7.5	1.6	1.2	2.1
Externalized symptoms	31	10.3	85	9.4	1.1	0.7	1.6	91	14.2	225	13.2	1.1	0.9	1.3
Girls
Bad/not so good self-reported health	114	19.9	83	8.6	2.3	1.8	3.0	182	20.4	142	10.3	2.0	1.6	2.4
Mental distress - HSCL above cut off	140	24.4	215	21.8	1.1	0.9	1.3	235	26.3	318	22.6	1.2	1.0	1.3
Externalized symptoms	55	9.5	72	7.3	1.3	0.9	1.8	119	13.2	131	9.3	1.4	1.1	1.8
Non western
Boys
Bad/not so good self-reported health	6	10.9	11	7.7	1.4	0.5	3.7	21	13.6	24	8.6	1.6	0.9	2.7
Mental distress - HSCL above cut off	12	21.4	12	8.6	2.5	1.2	5.2	24	15.7	25	9.1	1.7	1.0	2.9
Externalized symptoms	9	16.4	15	10.6	1.5	0.7	3.3	24	16.0	36	13.3	1.2	0.7	1.9
Girls
Bad/not so good self-reported health	38	22.2	6	7.5	3.0	1.3	6.7	61	21.0	12	10.3	2.0	1.1	3.6
Mental distress - HSCL above cut off	56	32.2	29	36.3	0.9	0.6	1.3	89	30.8	36	31.3	1.0	0.7	1.4
Externalized symptoms	19	10.9	8	9.9	1.1	0.5	2.4	33	11.2	10	8.7	1.3	0.7	2.5

Percentage with health symptoms and prevalence ratios (PRs) within categories of physical activity.

¹ Based on self-reported native country of mother and father.