Risk Behaviors in Teens with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Study from the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium
Table 2
Comparisons of risk behaviors between adolescents with CKD (ASK KIDD) and 2015 YRBS National Data.
High risk behavior
ASK KIDD
YRBS
N
n (%)
N
n (%)
Driving safety-related behaviors
Wore a seatbelt less than always
305
93 (30.5)
7508
2897 (38.6)
0.004
Past 30 d: rode with drinking driver
305
30 (9.8)
8501
1816 (21.4)
<0.001
Past 30 d: texted or emailed while driving (in teens who drove)
152
26 (17.1)
4867
1897 (39.0)
<0.001
Past 30 d: drove while drinking (in teens who drove)
152
6 (3.9)
4690
423 (9.0)
0.030
Sexual experience
Lifetime: ever had sexual intercourse
300
80 (26.7)
7668
3189 (41.6)
<0.001
Past 3 m: ≥2 sex partners and/or no protection last time (in teens who had sexual intercourse)
80
40 (50.0)
3048
1215 (39.9)
0.065
Drank alcohol or used drugs the last time had sexual intercourse (in teens who had sexual intercourse)
80
18 (22.5)
3073
640 (20.8)
0.708
Substance abuse
Lifetime: ever had alcohol
294
72 (24.5)
7520
4823 (64.1)
<0.001
Past 30 d: 1 or more drinks of alcohol
301
25 (8.3)
7364
2176 (29.5)
<0.001
Past 30 d: 1 or more days of binge drinking
301
7 (2.3)
7858
1188 (15.1)
<0.001
Past 30 d: smoked cigarettes or E-cigarettes
304
28 (9.2)
8104
2274 (28.1)
<0.001
Past 30 d: used marijuana
304
30 (9.9)
8351
1798 (21.5)
<0.001
Lifetime: used 1 or more illicit drugs or prescription drugs without prescription
302
42 (13.9)
6189
1645 (26.6)
<0.001
Past 12 m: someone offered, sold, or gave you an illegal drug on school property (in teens attending school)a
268
40 (15.0)
8121
1902 (23.4)
0.001
Bullying and conflicts
Past 12 m: in physical fight
304
47 (15.5)
7070
1575 (22.3)
0.004
Past 12 m: bullied at school (in teens attending school)a
268
33 (12.3)
8451
1662 (19.7)
0.002
Past 12 m: electronically bullied
304
21 (6.9)
8459
1188 (14.0)
<0.001
Depression and suicide-related behaviors
Past 12 m: depressed ≥2 wk
304
74 (24.3)
8451
2459 (29.1)
0.068
Past 12 m: seriously considered attempting suicide
304
35 (11.5)
8446
1472 (17.4)
0.007
Past 12 m: made a suicidal plan
304
27 (8.9)
8316
1222 (14.7)
0.004
Past 12 m: attempted suicide
299
11 (3.7)
6784
569 (8.4)
0.003
Past 12 m: suicide attempt resulted in injury needing doctor or nurse (in teens who attempted suicide)
11
4 (36.4)
569
185 (32.5)
0.784
aAll adolescents in the YRBS dataset were attending school at the time of the survey. CKD, chronic kidney disease; d, days; m, months; wk, weeks; y, years; YRBS, Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
