Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
Controls (C) N=122 | ADHD (A) N=169 | Test Statistic | Subthreshold N=64 | Siblings N=89 | ||||||
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Demographic (Mean, SD) | ||||||||||
Age, years | 17.04 | 2.98 | 17.89 | 3.07 | t(289)=2.36* | A>C | 18.37 | 3.32 | 17.63 | 4.12 |
IQ a | 106.6 | 13.9 | 96.08 | 15.1 | t(289)=−6.08** | A<C | 100.7 | 12.9 | 102.1 | 14.9 |
Medication use, years | - | - | 2.41 | 3.12 | - | - | 1.95 | 3.13 | 0.002 | 0.01 |
Motion b | 0.125 | 0.09 | 0.140 | 0.10 | t(289)=1.35 | - | 0.129 | 0.09 | 0.113 | 0.09 |
Demographic (Number, %) | ||||||||||
Sex, male | 54 | 44.3 | 123 | 72.8 | X2(1)=24.18** | A>C | 38 | 59.4 | 35 | 39.3 |
Scan location, Nijmegen | 48 | 39.3 | 92 | 54.4 | X2(1)=6.65* | A>C | 36 | 56.3 | 46 | 51.7 |
ODD c | - | - | 46 | 27.2 | - | - | 8 | 12.5 | 2 | 2.25 |
CD d | - | - | 6 | 3.80 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Clinical (Mean, SD) | ||||||||||
Hyperactive/impulsive symptoms e | 46.45 | 5.24 | 69.59 | 14.2 | t(289)=17.19** | A>C | 54.70 | 11.70 | 47.71 | 6.46 |
Inattentive symptoms e | 46.12 | 5.72 | 66.09 | 10.9 | t(289)=18.49** | A>C | 54.07 | 8.57 | 46.81 | 6.16 |
Estimated IQ based on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–III Vocabulary and block design (52, 53).
Motion as measured by frame-wise displacement (40)
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Conduct Disorder (CD)
Conners Parent Rating Scale questionnaire, standardized T-score (38). Range min. 40 to max. 90 (≥63 is clinical threshold). The test statistics only compare the ADHD and control group given that only these groups were included in the categorical analysis. The dimensional analyses included all participants listed in this table independent of diagnostic label
p<.05
p < .001.