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. 2014 Nov 20;2:1–3. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.11.001

Table 1.

Characteristics of youth aged 6–17 years with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD), by the presence of TV in the bedroom, M (SE) or %a.

TV in the bedroom
No TV in the bedroom
p-Value
Sample N
3754
2615
Weighted N 2,848,383 1,984,299
Age (years) 12.5 (0.1) 12.1 (0.1) 0.09
Race/ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic 61.8 77.2 < 0.001
 Black, non-Hispanic 22.6 9.9
 Other, non-Hispanic 2.1 1.5
 Hispanic 13.3 11.5
Days in past week in physical activity 6.5 (1.1) 5.1 (0.3) 0.20
ADD/ADHD medication status
 No medication 25.9 22.9 < 0.001
 Currently takes medication 48.8 53.9
 Unknown 25.3 23.2
Child with special health care need 74.0 70.9 0.26
Respondent relationship to child
 Mother 75.0 77.2 0.002
 Father 18.0 16.2
 Other 12.1 6.6
Family structure
 2 parents 54.1 67.9 < 0.001
 Single mother 34.7 23.4
 Other 11.2 8.6
Other children living in the household
 None 29.4 24.5 0.01
 1 40.6 36.3
 2 21.6 28.9
 3 + 8.4 10.3
Family derived poverty level
 ≤ 100% 24.8 14.3 < 0.001
 > 100% to ≤ 200% 24.4 20.5
 > 200% to ≤ 400% 32.0 27.7
 > 400% 8.8 37.4
a

95% CIs around proportions are ≤ 2 percentage points.