Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population, presented as proportion
| N = 421,110 | Reference population | Celiac disease | Asthma | IBD | Epilepsy | Diabetes | Juvenile arthritis | Sensory impairment |
SMA / SB /CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of adolescents (%) | 386,690 (91.83) | 3453 (0.82) | 13,881 (3.30) | 1882 (0.45) | 4569 (1.08) | 3118 (0.74) | 998 (0.24) | 5257 (1.25) | 1262 (0.30) |
| Girls (%) | 48.06 | 69.50 | 50.97 | 52.44 | 49.44 | 44.00 | 65.63 | 50.62 | 46.67 |
| Majority (%) | 89.69 | 95.66 | 94.26 | 92.40 | 91.70 | 95.38 | 96.29 | 91.10 | 89.54 |
| 1. generation (%) | 6.38 | 1.97 | 2.38 | 3.03 | 4.92 | 2.47 | 2.10 | 5.80 | 6.02 |
| 2. generation (%) | 3.93 | 2.37 | 3.36 | 4.57 | 3.37 | 2.15 | 1.60 | 3.10 | 4.44 |
| Parental education: upper secondary education and below (%) | 52.92 | 49.52 | 52.06 | 55.59 | 56.42 | 56.70 | 52.30 | 56.71 | 55.47 |
| Parental education: any college/university education (%) | 44.90 | 49.81 | 47.17 | 42.08 | 41.72 | 42.30 | 47.49 | 41.15 | 42.87 |
| Parental income (log income), mean and (SD) | 12.6 (0.67) | 12.7 (0.49) | 12.7 (0.44) | 12.7 (0.38) | 12.6 (0.62) | 12.6 (0.58) | 12.7 (0.35) | 12.6 (0.65) | 12.6 (0.54) |
| Treated in mental health care (%) | 5.47 | 6.51 | 7.70 | 13.48 | 9.01 | 7.01 | 8.33 | 7.69 |
Note: parental education unknown: reference population (2.18%), celiac disease (0.67%), asthma (0.77%), IBD (1.33%), epilepsy (1.86%), diabetes (0.99%), juvenile arthritis (0.20%), sensory impairment (2.15%), SMA/ SB/CP (1.66%). Parental income: presented as mean (SD) of annual income in thousands