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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2004 Dec;25(6):383–391. doi: 10.1097/00004703-200412000-00001

Table 1.

Demographic Variables by Diagnostic Group

Probands (N = 156)
ADHD Only (n = 25) DBD Only (n = 30) DBD+Int (n = 43) No Diagnosis (n = 58) Statistic (df)
Gender (male) 52% 73% 81% 47% χ2(3) = 15.46**
Age (yr), mean (SD) 10.56 (2.40) 10.97 (3.22) 11.05 (2.56) 10.59 (3.21) F(3,152) = 0.29
SES, mean (SD) 6.52 (2.00) 6.10 (2.35) 6.39 (2.26) 6.48 (2.15) F(3,152) = 0.61
CBCL total problems, mean (SD) 40.92 (22.03)b 58.14 (26.04)b,c 67.64 (29.86)c 22.22 (19.62)a F(3,148) = 31.85***
Diagnosis
 ADHD % yes 100 77 86
 ODD % yes 0 93 74
 CD % yes 0 47 46
 SUD % yes 0 0 2
 GAD % yes 0 0 70
 OCD % yes 0 0 2
 SAD % yes 0 0 37
 MDD % yes 0 0 65
 BDP % yes 0 0 42
 Dysth % yes 0 0 9

Siblings (N = 154)
ADHD Only (n = 24) DBD Only (n = 32) DBD+Int (n = 23) No Diagnosis (n = 75) Statistic (df)

Gender (male) 62% 81% 65% 45% χ2(3) = 12.76**
Age (yr), mean (SD) 10.13 (3.15) 10.56 (2.75) 11.70 (3.11) 10.84 (3.73) F(3,150) = 0.92
SES, mean (SD) 7.04 (1.80) 6.00 (2.21) 5.65 (2.67) 7.03 (1.72) F(3,150) = 4.19**
CBCL total problems, mean (SD) 34.35 (17.36)b 42.78 (23.62)b 64.26 (31.71)c 13.67 (11.11)a F(3,141) = 43.57***
Diagnosis
 ADHD % yes 100 62 87
 ODD % yes 0 97 74
 CD % yes 0 28 39
 SUD % yes 0 3 4
 GAD % yes 0 0 39
 OCD % yes 0 0 4
 SAD % yes 0 0 48
 MDD % yes 0 0 43
 BDP % yes 0 0 43
 Dysth % yes 0 0 4

DBD+Int, disruptive behavior disorder plus an affective and/or anxiety disorder; SES, socioeconomic status; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ODD, oppositional defiant disorder; CD, conduct disorder; SUD, substance use disorder; GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; SAD, separation anxiety disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; BPD, bipolar disorder; Dysth, dysthymic disorder.

Groups with the same letter do not significantly differ (p < .05) from each other using pairwise comparison (Tukey’s honestly significant difference test).

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.