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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Mar 15;35(6):1114–1121. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01444.x

Table 2.

Demographic information for children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (ALC), children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and non-exposed controls (CON).

Variable ALC ADHD CON Statistic
N 22 22 22
Sex [N, (%) Female] 12 (54.5) 8 (36.4) 10 (45.5) χ2 = 1.467
Race [N, (%) White] 17 (77.3) 18 (81.8) 15 (68.2) χ2 = 5.131
Ethnicity [N, (%) Hispanic] 4 (18.2) 6 (27.3) 1 (4.5) χ2 = 4.145
Handedness [N, (%) Right)] 17 (77.3) 18 (81.8) 21 (95.5) χ2 = 1.155
Age in years [M (SD)] 10.75 (1.59) 9.69 (1.87) 10.66 (1.78) F = 2.491
SES [M (SD)]+ 47.64 (9.02) 43.66 (10.65) 50.96 (11.66) F = 2.663
FSIQ [M (SD)] 86.91 (14.50) 106.27 (14.91) 110.95 (11.67) F = 18.862*
FD [M (SD)] 82.95 (12.91) 98.82 (13.62) 111.91 (14.07) F = 25.215*
Diagnosis: FAS [N, (% FAS) 13 (59.1) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Diagnosis: ADHD [N, (% ADHD) 22 (100) 22 (100) 0(0)
+

Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured using the Hollingshead Four Factor Index of Social Status.

*

Significant group differences were noted on FSIQ and FD (ps < .001).