Table 3.

Association between psychopathology and sexual initiation, stratified for age and sex

Independent variable	Age	Females OR (95% CI)a	Males OR (95% CI)a	Both sexes OR (95% CI)a, b
Depression	≤15 years > 15 years All ages c	2.235 (1.824–2.740)*** 1.542 (1.167–2.038)** 1.960 (1.660–2.315)***	2.267 (1.652–3.112)*** 1.118 (0.760–1.644)° 1.686 (1.309–2.171)***	2.245 (1.891–2.664)*** 1.380 (1.101–1.730)**
Anxiety	≤15 years > 15 years All ages c	2.702 (2.150–3.397)*** 2.091 (1.519–2.880)*** 2.476 (2.052–2.989)***	1.644 (1.051–2.572)* 1.216 (0.695–2.125)° 1.458 (1.022–2.080)*	2.416 (1.973–2.960)*** 1.829 (1.385–2.414)***
Severe suicidal ideation	≤15 years > 15 years All ages c	3.156 (2.305–4.322)*** 1.316 (0.825–2.100)° 2.369 (1.807–3.105)***	2.568 (1.655–3.986)*** 1.386 (0.753–2.550)° 2.070 (1.433–2.992)***	2.939 (2.275–3.796)*** 1.341 (0.926–1.943)°
Self-injurious behaviour	≤15 years > 15 years All ages c	3.723 (2.993–4.630)*** 2.595 (1.873–3.594)*** 3.330 (2.770–4.002)***	2.753 (2.070–3.661)*** 1.618 (1.084–2.415)* 2.298 (1.811–2.916)***	3.321 (2.793–3.948)*** 2.154 (1.672–2.774)***
Suicide attempts	≤15 years > 15 years All ages c	4.624 (3.460–6.179)*** 1.900 (1.253–2.881)** 3.449 (2.693–4.417)***	3.422 (2.128–5.504)*** 1.184 (0.618–2.269)° 2.334 (1.562–3.488)***	4.253 (3.319–5.449)*** 1.654 (1.165–2.349)**

p-values ° ≥0.05; * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001

^aLogistic regression derived odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). ^b Adjusted for sex. ^c Adjusted for age