Table 1

Baseline characteristics (1995–1997) of the adolescents and their parents in the study cohort according to medical benefit receipt age 20–29, the HUNT study, Norway

No medical benefits (n=6511)Medical benefits (n=986)
nPer centnPer cent
Adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms
 SCL-5 score, mean SD1.430.471.560.56
 High load*9151421922
Parental anxiety and depression symptoms*†
 Mother high load12182022926
 Father high load9441814722
Adolescent and parental symptom loads combined*†
 Adolescent low and parents low27515929350
 Adolescent low and one parent high10942414425
 Adolescent low and both parents high1774346
 Adolescent high and parents low37887613
 Adolescent high and one parent high1964305
 Adolescent high and both parents high511102
Girls31634960561
Age 12–1422183430631
Age 15–1731544853354
Age 18–2011391714715
Chronic disease13752131132
Disability368612212
Sibling in cohort23753633634
Mother tertiary education†14572313214
Mother secondary education†40736462365
Mother primary education†8401319821
Father tertiary education†13672313216
Father secondary education†37936352463
Father primary education†8681418322
Parents divorced10271626427
Single parent533811311
Teenage parents392611311
Adolescent living alone3646737
  • *High anxiety and depression symptom loads defined by SCL-5 scale scores of 2 or above for adolescents and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale scores of 8 or above (on the anxiety or depression subscale) for parents.

  • †Variables with missing data, the number of missing observations indicated in parentheses; mother's anxiety and depression score (653), father's anxiety and depression score (1669), parental anxiety and depression (2263) mother's educational level (174) and father's educational level (630).