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Table 2 Association between energy drink intake and mental health problems in Korean adolescents

From: Association between energy drink intake, sleep, stress, and suicidality in Korean adolescents: energy drink use in isolation or in combination with junk food consumption

 

Highly frequent energy drinks (≥5/wks) (N = 945)

Moderately frequent energy drinks (1-4/wks) (N = 7262)

Infrequent energy drinks (N = 59836)

Highly frequent energy drinks vs. infrequent energy drinks

Moderately frequent energy drinks vs. infrequent energy drinks

%

%

%

AOR (95 % CI)

AOR (95 % CI)

Sleep dissatisfaction

52.0

43.2

37.8

1.64 (1.61-1.67)

1.25 (1.25-1.26)

Perceived stress

53.1

41.7

34.3

2.23 (2.19-2.27)

1.38 (1.37-1.39)

Persistent depressive mood

46.0

31.0

22.3

2.59 (2.54-2.65)

1.51 (1.49-1.52)

Suicidal ideation

29.9

15.5

10.9

3.14 (3.07-3.21)

1.43 (1.42-1.45)

Suicide plan

18.2

6.4

3.3

4.65 (4.53-4.78)

1.78 (1.75-1.81)

Suicide attempt

15.1

4.2

2.0

6.79 (6.59-7.00)

1.91 (1.87-1.95)

  1. AOR: odd ratios adjusted for age, gender, school type, residential area, residence type, academic achievement, alcohol and junk food consumption, and physical activity