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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2016 Feb 1;8(3):121–130. doi: 10.1007/s12402-016-0191-8

Table 4.

Characteristics of N=251 Participants by Latent Class Controlling for Baseline Age, Socioeconomic Status, Gender, Race, Baseline Mania, and Stimulant Use

Persisting
Low
Quickly
Remitting
Gradually
Remitting
Persisting
High
PL
vs.
PL
vs.
PL
vs.
QR
vs.
QR
vs.
GR
vs.
Diagnoses through
10-Year Follow-Up
(N=96)
N (%)
(N=39)
N (%)
(N=60)
N (%)
(N=56)
N (%)
QR
p
GR
p
PH
p
GR
p
PH
p
PH
p
Maniaa 5 (5.2) 28 (71.8) 35 (58.3) 42 (75.0) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.5764 0.1604 0.0210
MDD 18 (18.8) 25 (64.1) 33 (55.0) 45 (80.4) 0.0293 0.0200 <0.0001 0.9345 0.0057 0.0014
ADHD 13 (13.5) 38 (97.4) 60 (100.0) 56 (100.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
Oppositional Defiant 4 (4.2) 27 (69.2) 35 (58.3) 47 (83.9) <0.0001 0.0001 <0.0001 0.2536 0.1195 0.0030
Conduct 0 (0.0) 8 (20.5) 13 (21.7) 11 (19.6) -- -- -- -- -- --
Separation Anxiety 0 (0.0) 6 (15.4) 5 (8.3) 6 (10.7) -- -- -- -- -- --
Generalized Anxiety 9 (9.4) 5 (12.8) 9 (15.0) 13 (23.2) 0.7574 0.5339 0.2165 0.7311 0.2865 0.3545
Post-Traumatic Stress 0 (0.0) 1 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
Obsessive Compulsive 3 (3.1) 4 (10.3) 4 (6.7) 10 (17.9) 0.8785 0.8125 0.4527 0.6092 0.4063 0.1215
Panic Attack 13 (13.5) 9 (23.1) 19 (31.7) 18 (32.1) 0.2616 0.0060 0.0054 0.0617 0.0491 0.7751
Specific Phobia 8 (8.3) 6 (15.4) 12 (20.00) 15 (26.8) 0.3587 0.1346 0.0673 0.5221 0.2879 0.5737
Social Phobia 6 (6.3) 7 (18.0) 5 (8.3) 17 (30.4) 0.3333 0.8786 0.1197 0.1815 0.4251 0.0193
Adult Substance Use Disorder N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) p p p p p p
Any Substance Use 12 (19.4) 5 (18.5) 12 (36.4) 19 (59.4) 0.2166 0.5450 0.8725 0.4092 0.0826 0.2845
  Alcohol Use Dx 9 (14.5) 2 (7.4) 9 (27.3) 16 (50.0) 0.0202 0.1697 0.5012 0.1401 0.0235 0.2530
  Cannabis Use Dx 7 (11.3) 2 (7.4) 6 (18.2) 16 (50.0) 0.5226 0.7290 0.2741 0.6873 0.0426 0.0341
  Other Illicit Use Dx 0 (0.0) 2 (7.4) 2 (6.1) 6 (18.8) -- -- -- -- -- --
Temperament and Character Factors (N=96) Mean (SD) (N=39) Mean (SD) (N=60) Mean (SD) (N=56) Mean (SD) QR p GR p PH p GR p PH p PH p
Novelty Seeking 9.9 (3.3) 14.0 (2.6) 13.9 (3.4) 14.4 (2.9) 0.0010 0.0002 <0.0001 0.7087 0.2058 0.2870
Harm Avoidance 9.4 (4.9) 10.7 (5.0) 10.4 (4.7) 11.9 (5.0) 0.0678 0.1343 0.0337 0.6591 0.7004 0.3474
Reward Dependence 7.8 (1.4) 7.5 (1.5) 7.0 (1.8) 7.3 (1.9) 0.4371 0.0869 0.4869 0.2930 0.9387 0.2081
Persistence 5.0 (1.3) 4.2 (1.4) 3.8 (1.6) 3.4 (1.5) 0.0496 0.0008 <0.0001 0.1156 0.0050 0.1211
Self-directedness 19.3 (1.1) 18.3 (2.2) 17.3 (3.1) 16.4 (3.6) 0.5413 0.0039 0.0003 0.0093 0.0004 0.2104
Cooperativeness 19.3 (1.0) 18.3 (1.6) 17.6 (3.5) 17.4 (3.1) 0.1943 0.0029 0.0076 0.0559 0.1066 0.8086
Fantasy 1.8 (1.4) 1.8 (1.3) 2.3 (1.6) 2.8 (1.5) 0.1085 0.8111 0.0554 0.0305 <0.0001 0.0240
Spirituality 4.0 (1.1) 3.8 (1.3) 3.8 (1.2) 3.8 (1.4) 0.6265 0.3547 0.6728 0.6254 0.9497 0.5374
a

Baseline mania was not a covariate in the model, because all participants with baseline mania had mania through 10-year follow-up;

PL=Persisting Low, QR=Quickly Remitting, GR=Gradually Remitting, PH=Persisting High