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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2020 Feb 14;220:227–236.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.01.016

Table 2,

online only. Participant characteristics according to maternal reported diagnosis of child ADHD or anxiety among all singletons and one randomly selected twin of each pair

Sociodemographic characteristics All Child mental health disorder
ADHD Anxiety disorder
Overall, n (%) 1651 (100) 148 (100) 125 (100)
Maternal Characteristics
Age, years, mean ± SD 31.27 ± 5.89 29.99 ± 6.86 30.9 ± 6.20
Non-Hispanic white, n (%) 1412 (85.52) 118 (79.73) 111 (88.80)
Education, n (%)
 Less than high school 53 (3.21) 9 (6.08) 7 (5.60)
 High school of GED equivalent 158 (9.57) 28 (18.92) 13 (10.40)
 Some college 421 (25.50) 48 (32.43) 35 (28.00)
 College 414 (25.08) 23 (15.54) 21 (16.80)
 Advanced degree 605 (36.64) 40 (27.03) 49 (39.20)
Private insurance, n (%) 1354 (82.01) 108 (72.97) 98 (78.40)
Married or living as married, n (%) 1468 (91.35) 120 (82.19) 108 (87.80)
History of affective disorder, n (%) 288 (17.72) 43 (29.25) 47 (37.90)
Diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome, n (%) 194(11.97) 22(15.07) 23 (18.70)
Smoking during pregnancy, n (%) 162 (9.82) 28 (18.92) 16 (12.80)
Alcohol use during pregnancy, n (%) 209 (12.67) 20 (13.51) 16 (12.80)
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD 26.88 ± 6.98 29.16 ± 7.61 27.79 ± 6.71
Paternal characteristics
Age, years, mean ± SD 33.62 ± 6.70 32.86 ± 7.57 33.65 ± 7.48
History of an affective disorder, n (%) 127 (7.82) 14 (9.52) 10 (8.06)
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD 28.27 ± 5.46 29.07 ± 5.85 28.09 ± 5.37
Child characteristics
Child sex, male, n (%) 876 (53.06) 110 (74.32) 72 (57.60)