Table 1.

Adolescents with persistent or poorly controlled asthma: Comparison of those with and without ADHD

	Teens with ADHD (n=104)	ADHD (n=266)	p-Value
Demographics-n(%)
Teen Gender : Male	84 (80%)	123 (46%)	<0.001*
Teen Age: (mean, SD)	13.4 (1.3)	13.5 (1.2)	0.59
Teen Ethnicity: Hispanic	40 (38%)	80 (30%)	0.14
Teen Race: African American	54 (50%)	149 (56%)	0.22
Teen Insurance: Public	90 (87%)	222 (83%)	0.42
Teen-Reported symptom severity in last 14 Days- mean (SD)
Symptom free days	7.2 (4.7)	8.0 (5.0)	0.18
Nighttime symptoms	4.7 (3.9)	4.6 (4.6)	0.95
Daytime symptoms	2.4 (3.2)	2.4 (3.6)	0.9
Days needing to slow down	3.3 (3.9)	2.4 (3.6)	0.04*
Days needing to take rescue medication	3.5 (3.9)	3.1 (4.1)	0.35
Teen-Reported health care utilization over previous year- mean (SD)
Primary care visits for any reason	7.4 (11.7)	4.4 (5.7)	<0.01*
Hospital visits for asthma	0.17 (0.8)	0.04 (0.2)	0.02*
Teen-Reported asthma medication- n(%)
Has controller med at home	73 (70%)	152 (58%)	0.03*
Took controller everyday for last 2 weeks	20 (26%)	45 (28%)	0.75