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. 2014 Apr;133(4):659–667. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3433

TABLE 3.

Logistic Regression Analysis for the Prediction of Stability of an ADHD diagnosis From Child-Level, Family-Level, and Combined Model Predictors

Predictors B SE P OR 95% Confidence Interval
Lower Bound Upper Bound
Child-level factors
 Gender (girls) –0.672 0.918 .464 0.511 0.084 3.086
 Current age –0.012 0.014 .414 0.988 0.961 1.017
 Nonverbal cognitive composite –0.052 0.025 .034* 0.949 0.904 0.996
 Elevated externalizing behaviors 2.21 0.711 .002** 9.094 2.257 36.639
 Elevated internalizing behaviors 1.53 0.674 .023* 4.606 1.230 17.250
 Age at initial diagnosis 0.027 0.031 .392 1.027 0.966 1.092
 Race (white) 0.652 0.681 .338 1.920 0.505 7.292
 Presence of comorbid diagnoses −1.35 0.812 .097 0.260 0.053 1.276
Family-level factors
 Gendera –0.622 0.888 .484 0.537 0.094 3.060
 Current agea 0.013 0.014 .360 1.013 0.986 1.040
 Parent history of psychopathology 2.04 0.952 .032* 7.683 0.413 0.773
 Income-to-needs ratio –0.572 0.160 <.001*** 0.565 0.079 1.805
 Parental education (up to high school) –0.974 0.798 .222 0.377 1.190 49.611
 Percent living in poverty –0.021 0.048 .658 0.979 0.892 1.075
Combined model, including child-level and family-level factors
 Gendera –1.17 1.325 .378 0.311 0.023 4.179
 Current agea 0.018 0.017 .305 1.018 0.984 1.053
 Nonverbal cognitive composite –0.053 0.034 .121 0.948 0.886 1.014
 Elevated externalizing behaviors 2.33 1.041 .025* 10.297 1.339 79.192
 Elevated internalizing behaviors 2.33 1.157 .044* 10.319 1.069 99.621
 Presence of comorbid diagnoses –1.18 1.077 .275 0.309 0.037 2.551
 Parental history of psychopathology 3.55 1.460 .015* 34.643 1.980 606.272
 Income-to-needs ratio –0.749 0.216 .001** 0.473 0.309 0.723
*

P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001.

a

Gender and current age were forced into the model.