Table 3.

Association between adolescent poor mental health and hypothesised mediators by gender

	Boys			Girls
	OR (95% CI)	P value	N	OR (95% CI)	P value	N
Long-term school absences	1.52 (1.04 to 2.22)	0.03	6065	1.71 (1.31 to 2.24)	<0.001	6043
Truancy	2.24 (1.85 to 2.72)	<0.001	6067	2.32 (2.00 to 2.68)	<0.001	6018
Social exclusion	3.22 (2.69 to 3.04)	<0.001	6091	2.92 (2.55 to 3.33)	<0.001	6084
Troublemaking	1.50 (1.20 to 1.86)	<0.001	6104	1.51 (1.25 to 1.82)	<0.001	6055
Alcohol use	1.15 (0.94 to 1.40)	0.18	6092	2.04 (1.74 to 2.39)	<0.001	6076
Smoking	1.41 (1.08 to 1.83)	0.01	6074	2.07 (1.75 to 2.46)	<0.001	6070
Cannabis use	1.34 (1.11 to 1.63)	0.003	6081	2.19 (1.87 to 2.56)	<0.001	6062