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. 2020 Aug;59(8):964–977. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.08.004

Table 4.

Association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) in Referred Youth With Traits Beyond ADHD, Controlling for Age, Sex, and Ancestry Components


ADHD PRS Threshold
Aggressive Behavior (n = 394)
Working Memory Indexa (n = 394)
b R2 (%) F Permuted p b R2 (%) F Permuted p
p < 1.0 × 10−6 1.35 1.90 7.66 .0082 .94 .42 1.69 .1982
p < 1.0 × 10−5 1.58 2.59 10.52 .0019 .11 .01 0.02 .8889
p < 1.0 × 10−4 1.49 2.40 9.70 .0020 −.09 .00 0.02 .9003
p < .001 .94 .99 3.97 .0471 −.29 .04 0.18 .6737
p < .01 .83 .77 3.05 .0823 −1.01 .54 2.18 .1468
p < .05 .31 .11 0.42 .5145 −1.69 1.47 5.97 .0162
p < .1 .41 .19 0.77 .3760 −1.76 1.64 6.66 .0113
p < .3 .44 .21 0.84 .3573 −2.17 2.47 10.10 .0016
p < .5 .23 .06 0.24 .6226 −2.08 2.26 9.23 .0030
p < 1 .19 .04 0.17 .6847 −2.10 2.33 9.53 .0025

Note: Boldface type indicates statistically significant findings after correction.

a

Also controlled for medication use; Bonferroni corrected critical value = .0083.