Table 1.
Means ± standard deviations or frequencies of demographic variables for Disruptive Behavior Disorder (DBD) and Healthy Comparison (HC) Youth
| DBD (n=111) |
HC (n=69) |
P-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Male Sex | 84 (75.7%) | 57 (82.6 %) | 0.271 |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 60 (54.1%) | 40 (58.0 %) | 0.872 |
| African-American | 46 (41.4 %) | 26 (37.7 %) | |
| Hispanic | 1 (0.9 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
| Biracial | 4(3.6%) | 3 (4.3 %) | |
| Age in years | 9.0 ± 1.8 | 9.2 ± 1.6 | 0.473 |
| SES | 34.5 ± 11.8 | 38.0 ± 11.0 | 0.053 |
| Disease Duration (y) | 3.2 +/- 1.8 | - | - |
| Steroidal Meds Taken | 30 (27.0 %) | 3 (4.3 %) | <0.00012 |
1
Chi-square test
2
Fisher Exact test
3
T-test
SES = socioeconomic status using Hollingshead criteria.