Table 2.
Knowledge of ADHD-Specific Alcohol Use Risks by Sociodemographic Characteristics
| Covariates | Can alcohol make ADHD symptoms worse?
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Can alcohol interfere with medications you take?
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| Yes (n=36) | No/Don’t know (n=60) | p-valueb | Yes (n=36) | No/Don’t know (n=60) | p-valueb | |
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| Age in year, Mean (SD) | 16.0 (1.3) | 15.6 (1.9) | 0.206c | 16.3 (1.4) | 15.4 (1.81) | 0.015c |
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| Gender:a | ||||||
| Male | 25 (69.4) | 34 (56.7) | 0.213 | 24 (66.7) | 35 (58.3) | 0.417 |
| Female | 11 (30.6) | 26 (43.3) | 12 (33.3) | 25 (41.7) | ||
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| Race/ethnicity:a | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 30 (83.3) | 45 (75.0) | 0.339 | 27 (75.0) | 48 (80.0) | 0.566 |
| Other | 6 (16.7) | 15 (25.0) | 9 (25.0) | 12 (20.0) | ||
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| Past year alcohol use:a | ||||||
| Any | 11 (30.6) | 19 (31.7) | 0.909 | 11 (30.6) | 19 (31.7) | 0.909 |
| None | 25 (69.4) | 41 (68.3) | 25 (69.4) | 41 (68.3) | ||
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| ADHD medication use a: | ||||||
| Any | 33 (91.7) | 48 (80.0) | 0.156 | 31 (86.1) | 50 (83.3) | 0.717 |
| None | 3 (8.3) | 12 (20.0) | 5 (13.9) | 10 (16.7) | ||
a
Data are presented as number n (column percent)
b
P-value for chi-square test, unless otherwise indicated
c
Two-sample t test
Shaded cells indicate that the p-value is statistically significant (<0.05)