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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2019 Jan 10;14(5):e12498. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12498

Table 2.

Results of a sex and race/ethnicity-stratified multilevel regression model investigating the association between ADHD subtypes and log-transformed BMI in Add Health survey participants.

European American (EA)
African American (AA)
Hispanic American (HA)
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
coef. (95%CI) coef. (95%CI) coef. (95%CI) coef. (95%CI) coef. (95%CI) coef. (95%CI)

Age (in 10 years) 0.292***
(0.263, 0.320)
0.258***
(0.234, 0.282)
0.239***
(0.199, 0.280)
0.260***
(0.219, 0.302)
0.290***
(0.240, 0.339)
0.284***
(0.248, 0.320)
Age2 −0.140***
(−0.186, −0.094)
−0.089***
(−0.131, −0.047)
−0.068*
(−0.136, −0.001)
−0.037
(−0.106, 0.033)
−0.080*
(−0.149, −0.011)
−0.124**
(−0.204, −0.045)
Age3 0.034**
(0.014, 0.055)
0.011
(−0.009, 0.031)
0.006
(−0.024, 0.037)
−0.009
(−0.044, 0.025)
0.007
(−0.023, 0.036)
0.032
(−0.012, 0.076)
ADHD (ref. Non-ADHD)
 ADHD-HI 0.006
(−0.018, 0.031)
0.069**
(0.026, 0.113)
−0.020
(−0.080, 0.041)
−0.047
(−0.109, 0.015)
0.012
(−0.074, 0.099)
−0.002
(−0.067, 0.064)
 ADHD-I 0.004
(−0.028, 0.037)
0.065*
(0.013, 0.117)
0.054
(−0.015, 0.123)
−0.020
(−0.119, 0.080)
0.033
(−0.019, 0.086)
0.083
(−0.021, 0.187)
 ADHD-C 0.032
(−0.009, 0.074)
0.040*
(0.002, 0.078)
0.014
(−0.057, 0.085)
−0.044
(−0.128, 0.040)
0.039
(−0.092, 0.170)
0.110*
(0.017, 0.203)
ADHD × Age
 ADHD-HI −0.012
(−0.100, 0.076)
0.001
(−0.115, 0.118)
0.081
(−0.050, 0.211)
0.151
(−0.048, 0.351)
0.091
(−0.241, 0.423)
−0.010
(−0.347, 0.326)
 ADHD-I 0.009
(−0.098, 0.116)
−0.196*
(−0.345, −0.048)
0.005
(−0.160, 0.169)
0.482***
(0.253, 0.711)
0.110
(−0.152, 0.373)
−0.166
(−0.423, 0.091)
 ADHD-C −0.008
(−0.097, 0.081)
0.044
(−0.092, 0.180)
−0.015
(−0.279, 0.248)
0.136
(−0.096, 0.367)
0.004
(−0.593, 0.602)
0.327**
(0.128, 0.525)
ADHD × Age2
 ADHD-HI 0.066
(−0.088, 0.219)
−0.014
(−0.255, 0.228)
−0.096
(−0.318, 0.127)
−0.295
(−0.778, 0.188)
−0.080
(−0.605, 0.445)
0.046
(−0.528, 0.621)
 ADHD-I 0.015
(−0.158, 0.188)
0.372*
(0.084, 0.660)
−0.041
(−0.368, 0.286)
−0.779***
(−1.210, −0.347)
−0.227
(−0.643, 0.190)
0.312
(−0.125, 0.750)
 ADHD-C 0.005
(−0.140, 0.150)
−0.138
(−0.358, 0.082)
0.094
(−0.417, 0.606)
−0.238
(−0.662, 0.187)
−0.016
(−1.008, 0.976)
−0.659**
(−1.095, −0.224)
ADHD × Age3
 ADHD-HI −0.026
(−0.096, 0.045)
0.019
(−0.104, 0.143)
0.030
(−0.071, 0.131)
0.143
(−0.123, 0.409)
0.008
(−0.221, 0.237)
−0.036
(−0.290, 0.217)
 ADHD-I −0.007
(−0.083, 0.069)
−0.165*
(−0.305, −0.025)
0.001
(−0.169, 0.170)
0.318**
(0.108, 0.528)
0.110
(−0.072, 0.292)
−0.149
(−0.356, 0.057)
 ADHD-C −0.001
(−0.070, 0.068)
0.076
(−0.025, 0.176)
−0.031
(−0.319, 0.257)
0.113
(−0.083, 0.309)
−0.005
(−0.477, 0.468)
0.279*
(0.065, 0.494)
Chunk tests
 Interaction effects p = 0.096 p = 0.126 p = 0.292 p = 0.131 p = 0.832 p = 0.040

ADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ADHD-HI: the ADHD predominantly hyperactive/impulsive subtype; ADHD-I: the ADHD predominantly inattentive subtype; ADHD-C: ADHD combined, a combination of ADHD-HI and ADHD-I symptoms; PA: physical activity.

Models were adjusted for parental household income (low/middle/high), study region, smoking status, alcohol consumption, marijuana use, other drug use, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, screen time, overeating and depressive feelings, high education sample for AA, and ancestry and foreign-born status for HA.

***:

p < 0.01;

**:

p < 0.01;

*:

p < 0.05;

†:

p < 0.10