Problematic Internet Use, health behaviors, depression and eating disorders: a cross-sectional study among Polish medical school students

Table 3 Correlations between PIU scores (continuous variable) and other investigated variables

		PIU	Age	Leisure time	BMI	EAT	BDI	IZZ
PIU	Spearman Correlation	1	−0.071	0.182^a	−0.094^b	0.133^a	0.325^a	−0.147^a
	Significance (bilateral)		0.104	0.000	0.03	0.002	0.000	0.001
	N	538	529	534	538	538	538	538
Age	Spearman Correlation	−0.071^a	1	0.100	0.085	−0.054	−0.065	0.074
	Significance (bilateral)	0.104		0.022	0.052	0.216	0.133	0.088
	N	529	529	525	529	529	529	529
Leisure time	Spearman Correlation	0.182^a	−0.100^b	1	0.023	−0.047	−0.125^b	0.169^a
	Significance (bilateral)	0.000	0.022		0.602	0.283	0.004	0.000
	N	534	525	534	534	534	534	534
BMI	Spearman Correlation	−0.094^b	0.085	0.023	1	0.085^b	0.001	−0.017
	significance (bilateral)	0.03	0.052	0.602		0.049	0.988	0.694
	N	538	529	534	538	538	538	538
EAT-26	Spearman Correlation	0.133^a	–0.054	−0.047	0.085	1	0.376^a	−0.031
	significance (bilateral)	0.002	0.216	0.283	0.049		0.000	0.473
	N	538	529	534	538	538	538	538
BDI	Spearman Correlation	0.325^a	–0.065	−0.125^b	0.001	0.376^a	1	−0.441^a
	significance (bilateral)	0.000	0.133	0.004	0.988	0.000		0.000
	N	538	529	534	538	538	538	538
IZZ	Spearman Correlation	−0.147^a	0.074	0.169^b	0.017	−0.031	−0.441^a	1
	significance (bilateral)	0.001	0.088	0.000	0.694	0.473	0.000
	N	538	529	534	538	538	538	538

^aCorrelation is significant at 0.01 (bilateral)
^bCorrelation is significant at 0.05 (bilateral)
PIU Problematic Internet Use scored, BMI Body Mass Index score, EAT-26 Eating Attitudes Test score, BDI Beck Depression Inventory score, IZZ Health-Related Behavior Inventory score

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