Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7 10 Table 1. Cont. General Health Excellent 10.3 14.4 5.9 Very good 39.5 43.6 35.1 Good 44.5 39.0 50.3 Fair 4.7 2.1 7.6 Poor 1.1 1.0 1.1 Health Awareness: Extent of keeping an eye on one’s health Not at all 0.8 1.0 0.5 Not much 10.3 13.8 6.6 To some extent 61.4 53.8 69.4 Very much 27.5 31.3 23.5 3. Educational Outcome Variables Importance of having good grades at University Very important 64.1 61.7 66.7 Somewhat important 34.3 36.3 32.2 Not very important 1.3 1.6 1.1 Not at all important 0.3 0.5 0.0 Rating of one’s academic performance in comparison with fellow students Much better 2.1 3.1 1.1 Better 21.3 22.3 20.2 The same 62.5 62.2 62.8 Worse 13.8 12.4 15.3 Much worse 0.3 0 0.5 University Computerised Student Records Module Mark- actual 54.56 53.90 55.68 achieved % grade: Mean (SD) (12.9) (12.1) (12.4) 0.002 0.012 NS NS NS †p-value based on chi-square statistics for categorical variables and t-test statistics for continuous variables; ‡ cells depict Factor 1 score and (standard deviation); NS: Not significant. Are students’ educational satisfaction and health parameters associated with the three educational outcomes?: multivariate linear regression (Table 2) suggested that the variables under study exhibited selective associations with each of the three educational outcomes (importance of good grades; student‘s performance relative to peers; and student‘s module mark/ actual achieved grade). Firstly, student‘s satisfaction with the learning and teaching experience was not associated with any of the three educational outcomes. As regards demography, with increasing age, students attached less importance to accomplishing good grades in their studies, but actually achieved better grades in their assessments. Financially, students with sufficient income attached less importance to attain good grades, although they felt that their performance was better relative to peers. Income, however, had no effects on the actual grade that was achieved. In connection with health behaviours/lifestyle features, alcohol binging was negatively associated with the three educational outcomes, although it was significant only in relation to the importance of achieving good grades. As regards health complaints, sleep disorder or insomnia during the year preceding the survey was negatively associated with the