Troubled social background of male anabolic-androgenic steroid abusers in treatment

Table 3 Comparison of education and school problems between AAS users in two groups and non-users.

		AC group, n = 34		Gym, AAS-users, n = 18		Gym, non-users, n = 259		p-value ¹
		%	n	%	n	%	n
Educational level	Interrupted primary school	0.0	0	0.0	0	3.9	10	<0.01
	Primary school	24.2	8	33.3	6	8.9	23
	High school	69.7	23	55.6	10	63.2	163
	Higher education	6.1	2	11.1	2	24.0	62
Well-being in school	Yes	18.7	6	50.0	9	74.7	192	<0.001
	Indifferent	21.9	7	33.3	6	15.6	40
	No	59.4	19	16.7	3	9.7	25
School truancy at least once a week	Yes	62.5	20	11.1	2	17.5	45	<0.001
	No	37.5	12	88.9	16	82.5	212
Bullied others in school	Yes	25.0	8	61.1	11	31.0	80	<0.05
	No	75.0	24	38.9	7	69.0	178
Been bullied in school	Yes	43.8	14	44.4	8	27.4	71	0.069
	No	56.2	18	55.6	10	72.6	188
Academic difficulties	Yes	93.7	30	38.9	7	25.6	66	<0.001
	No	6.3	2	61.1	11	74.4	192
...as concentration problems	Yes	78.1	25	27.8	5	12.5	32	<0.001
	No	21.9	7	72.2	13	87.5	223
...as writing problems	Yes	21.9	7	27.8	5	7.1	18	<0.01
	No	78.1	25	72.2	13	92.9	236
...as reading problems	Yes	9.4	3	27.8	5	6.7	17	0.010
	No	90.6	29	72.2	13	93.3	238
...as boredom	Yes	50.0	16	22.2	4	13.7	35	<0.001
	No	50.0	16	77.8	14	86.3	220
...as drug abuse	Yes	37.5	12	22.2	4	5.9	15	<0.001
	No	62.5	20	77.8	14	94.1	240
...as mental problems	Yes	12.5	4	0.0	0	1.6	4	0.010
	No	87.5	28	100.0	18	98.4	251

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