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Table 3 Associations between exposure variables at baseline

From: Computer use and stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression among young adults – a prospective cohort study

 

Email/chat use

Computer gaming

CU without breaks

CU causing lost sleep

Mobile phone use

 

Men/Women

Men/Women

Men/Women

Men/Women

Men/Women

Computer use

0.39/0.40

0.37/0.18

0.59/0.56

0.39/0.31

−0.09/0.05

Email/chat use

 

0.17/0.04

0.31/0.32

0.29/0.31

0.08/0.18

Computer gaming

  

0.36/0.17

0.27/0.19

−0.09/0.02 ns

CU without breaks

   

0.40/0.34

−0.06/0.04

CU causing lost sleep

    

−0.02 ns/0.07

  1. Spearman correlation coefficients for the men (n = 1458) and women (n = 2705) included in the study. All correlations are statistically significant (p < 0.05) except where indicated as non-significant (ns).