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. 2023 Jan 23;20:6. doi: 10.1186/s12966-023-01408-2

Table 2.

Sample Characteristics and study variables according to the selected Latent Class Analysis (LCA) solution

Charateristics n (%; 95% CI) Mean (SD), range
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4
Number of participants 2061
Femalesa 1205 (58.5) 188 (15.6; 13.6-17.7) 398 (33.0; 30.4-35.7) 301 (25.0; 22.5-27.4) 318 (26.4; 23.9-28.9)
Malesa 856 (41.5) 125 (14.6; 12.2-17.0) 344 (40.2; 36.9-43.5) 197 (23.0; 20.2-25.8) 190 (22.2; 19.4-25.0)
Age at Young-HUNT3 participation, Ya 16.0 (1.77), 12.0 – 20.9
Adolescent self-reported psychological distress (HSCL-5)a
 Higher level of psychological distress 273 (13.2) 59 (21.6; 16.7-26.5) 110 (40.3; 34.5-46.1) 70 (25.6; 20.5-30.8) 34 (12.5; 8.5-16.4)
Educatinal level in adulthoodb
 Lower secundary school 28 (1.4) 10 (35.7; 18.0-53.5) 7 (25.0; 9.0-41.0) 9 (32.1; 14.8-49.5) 2 (7.1; 2.4-16.7)
 Upper secundary school (1-2 year) 152 (7.4) 45 (29.6; 22.4-36.9) 45 (29.6; 22.4-36.9) 43 (28.3; 21.1-35.5) 19 (12.5; 7.2-17.8)
 Upper secundary school (3 year) 325 (15.8) 50 (15.4; 11.5-19.3) 121 (37.2; 32.0-42.5) 81 (24.9; 20.2-29.6) 73 (22.5; 17.9-27.0)
 Vocaional education 494 (24.0) 100 (20.2; 16.7-23.8) 200 (40.5; 36.2-44.8) 122 (24.7; 20.9-28.5) 72 (14.6; 11.5-17.7)
 Higher education less than 4 year 654 (31.8) 74 (11.3; 8.9-13.7) 243 (37.2; 33.5-40.9) 149 (22.8; 19.6-26.0) 188 (28.7; 25.3-32.1)
 Higher education, 4 year and more 402 (19.6) 33 (8.2; 5.5-10.9) 124 (30.8; 26.3-35.4) 92 (22.9; 18.8-27.0) 153 (38.1; 33.3-42.8)
Adulthood self-reported psychological distress (CONOR MHI)b
 Higher level of self-reported psychological distressb 255 (12.4) 53 (20.8; 15.8-25.8) 91 (35.7; 29.8-41.6) 69 (27.1; 21.6-32.5) 42 (16.5; 11.9-21.0)
Registry based outcomesc
 At least one recording of the three registries (2008-2019) 689 (33.4) 118 (17.1; 14.3-19.9 ) 243 (35.3; 31.7-38.8) 183 (26.6; 23.3-29.9) 145 (21.0; 18.0-24.1)
 CPHR (2008-2019) 554 (26.4) 100 (18.1; 14.9-21.3) 190 (34.3; 30.3-38.3) 160 (28.9; 25.1-32.7) 104 (18.8; 15.5-22.0)
 NorPD (2008-2019) 415 (20.1) 71 (17.1; 13.5-20.7) 150 (36.1; 31.5-40.8) 115 (27.7; 23.4-32.0) 79 (19.0; 15.3-22.8)
 NPR (2008-2019) 332 (16.1) 63 (19.0; 14.8-23.2) 118 (35.5; 30.4-40.7) 95 (28.6; 23.8-33.5) 56 (16.9; 12.8-20.9)

Abbreviations: CPHR Control and Payment of Health Reimbursements Registry, HUNT Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, NA not applicable, NorPD Norwegian Prescription Database, NPR Norwegian Patient Registry, HSCL-5 Hopkins Symptom Checklist-5, CONOR MHI Conor Mental Health Index (7 items). aObtained from Young-HUNT3. bObtained from HUNT4. cFor registry-based outcomes