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. 2013 Jul 22;2013:419208. doi: 10.1155/2013/419208

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and ABPM results.

Patients with history of ADHD Patients without history of ADHD P value
N* (% of total) 48 (21%) 179 (79%)
Mean age 13.02 (SD = 3.00) 12.41 (SD = 3.69) NS
Gender M/F 40/8 M/F 100/79 P = 0.0009
Mean BMI 22.0 (SD = 7.48) 22.7 (SD = 6.43) NS
Mean BMI z-score 0.18 (SD = 1.59) 0.75 (SD = 1.25) P = 0.0089
N with mean systolic BP > 90% 19 (40.0%) 55 (30.7%) NS
N with mean diastolic BP > 90% 5 (10.4%) 14 (7.8%) NS
N with mean systolic BP > 95% 13 (27.1%) 40 (22.3%) NS
N with mean diastolic BP > 95% 1 (2.1%) 8 (4.5%) NS
N with mean wake systolic load > 25% 18 (37.5%) 7 (3.9%) P < 0.0001
N with mean sleep systolic load > 25% 3 (6.3%) 45 (25.1%) P = 0.0158
N with mean wake diastolic load > 25% 17 (35.4%) 44 (24.6%) NS
N with mean sleep diastolic load > 25% 10 (20.8%) 29 (16.2%) NS
N with any ABPM test abnormality 22 (45.8%) 71 (40.0%) NS

*N: number of patients; NS: nonsignificant.