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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Atten Disord. 2022 Jan 16;26(10):1271–1282. doi: 10.1177/10870547211066486

Table 2. ADHD-risk factors, cognitive tasks, childhood resources and depression risk factors means or proportions by ADHD group.

SDQ cut-points: self-reports# SDQ cut-points: parent-reports Latent trajectories: SDQ Latent trajectories: DAWBA
Low CL COP LO SO Low CL COP LO SO Low CAL COP LO Low CL CAL COP LO
ADHD risk factors
  Male sex 0.46 (0.01) 0.65 (0.04) 0.71 (0.04) 0.50 (0.03) 0.64 (0.04) 0.47 (0.01) 0.62 (0.04) 0.74 (0.04) 0.48 (0.04) 0.65 (0.05) 0.43 (0.01) 0.66 (0.02) 0.79 (0.02) 0.52 (0.03) 0.46 (0.01) 0.68 (0.02) 0.66 (0.03) 0.76 (0.05) 0.59 (0.03)
  ADHD PRS -0.08 (0.03) 0.10 (0.01) 0.23 (0.01) -0.08 (0.05) 0.18 (0.10) -0.09 (0.02) 0.03 (0.09) 0.32 (0.12) 0.14 (0.09) 0.16 (0.12) -0.11 (0.02) 0.05 (0.04) 0.24 (0.08) 0.17 (0.08) -0.09 (0.02) 0.14 (0.06) 0.11 (0.07) 0.32 (0.12) 0.21 (0.09)
  Preterm birth 0.04 (0.00) 0.12 (0.05) 0.06 (0.03) 0.04 (0.01) 0.06 (0.03) 0.04 (0.00) 0.07 (0.03) 0.11 (0.04) 0.04 (0.02) 0.07 (0.03) 0.04 (0.00) 0.05 (0.01) 0.09 (0.02) 0.07 (0.02) 0.04 (0.00) 0.06 (0.01) 0.06 (0.01) 0.08 (0.02) 0.05 (0.02)
  Low birth weight 0.04 (0.00) 0.06 (0.03) 0.03 (0.02) 0.05 (0.01) 0.07 (0.03) 0.04 (0.00) 0.05 (0.03) 0.05 (0.03) 0.03 (0.02) 0.07 (0.03) 0.04 (0.00) 0.05 (0.01) 0.07 (0.01) 0.04 (0.01) 0.04 (0.00) 0.06 (0.01) 0.06 (0.01) 0.07 (0.02) 0.05 (0.02)
Cognitive tasks
  Child sustained attention 0.04 (0.03) -0.13 (0.10) -0.21 (0.11) -0.01 (0.05) -0.12 (0.11) 0.03 (0.02) -0.11 (0.09) -0.23 (0.12) -0.02 (0.09) -0.13 (0.15) 0.16 (0.02) 0.00 (0.07) -0.31 (0.12) -0.92 (0.10) 0.12 (0.01) -0.61 (0.14) 0.03 (0.05) -0.28 (0.12) -0.80 (0.22)
  Child response inhibition 0.04 (0.03) -0.15 (0.12) -0.20 (0.11) 0.01 (0.07) -0.04 (0.09) 0.04 (0.02) -0.11 (0.10) -0.25 (0.12) -0.11 (0.08) -0.08 (0.11) 0.15 (0.02) -0.11 (0.08) -0.20 (0.11) -0.70 (0.10) 0.08 (0.01) -0.19 (0.07) -0.60 (0.12) -0.35 (0.13) -0.02 (0.07)
  Adult sustained attention -0.02 (0.05) -0.25 (0.16) -0.39 (0.17) -0.20 (0.08) -0.31 (0.13) -0.04 (0.05) -0.29 (0.14) -0.35 (0.20) -0.29 (0.14) -0.36 (0.18) 0.07 (0.04) 0.07 (0.16) -0.44 (0.31) -0.36 (0.28) 0.07 (0.03) -0.26 (0.22) -0.54 (0.29) 0.36 (0.41) -0.03 (0.15)
  Adult response inhibition -0.07 (0.04) -0.33 (0.15) -0.54 (0.16) -0.17 (0.08) -0.36 (0.14) -0.08 (0.04) -0.31 (0.13) -0.57 (0.19) -0.35 (0.13) -0.44 (0.16) 0.11 (0.03) -0.20 (0.14) -0.72 (0.41) -0.28 (0.19) 0.07 (0.03) -0.20 (0.19) -0.29 (0.23) 0.41 (0.48) -0.38 (0.26)
Childhood resources
  Verbal ability 107.97 (0.40) 101.40 (1.57) 99.45 (1.58) 109.09 (0.98) 103.64 (1.69) 108.43 (0.37) 101.69 (1.50) 99.00 (1.63) 104.29 (1.72) 101.31 (1.99) 109.96 (0.28) 102.45 (0.74) 98.47 (1.26) 105.47 (1.32) 109.48 (0.23) 103.33 (1.10) 101.03 (1.14) 96.76 (1.87) 102.28 (1.38)
  Reading ability 29.27 (0.23) 24.48 (0.93) 23.04 (1.00) 30.03 (0.51) 26.86 (0.99) 29.48 (0.21) 25.14 (0.86) 22.22 (1.05) 28.20 (0.78) 25.69 (1.22) 30.32 (0.16) 24.72 (0.38) 21.18 (0.68) 27.09 (0.75) 29.70 (0.13) 24.08 (0.60) 24.07 (0.58) 20.04 (1.02) 26.03 (0.76)
  Family income 6.78 (0.07) 6.18 (0.26) 5.72 (0.25) 6.84 (0.15) 6.12 (0.26) 6.81 (0.06) 6.38 (0.23) 5.47 (0.27) 6.43 (0.26) 5.95 (0.31) 7.06 (0.05) 6.35 (0.11) 5.96 (0.20) 6.97 (0.17) 7.03 (0.04) 6.47 (0.17) 6.37 (0.17) 5.73 (0.27) 6.33 (0.23)
  Maternal education 2.91 (0.03) 2.67 (0.13) 2.55 (0.13) 2.98 (0.07) 2.76 (0.12) 2.93 (0.03) 2.66 (0.11) 2.56 (0.13) 2.84 (0.11) 2.71 (0.14) 3.19 (0.02) 2.91 (0.04) 2.71 (0.08) 3.73 (0.06) 3.27 (0.02) 3.21 (0.07) 3.02 (0.07) 2.87 (0.11) 3.23 (0.10)
Depression risk factors
  Depression PRS -0.05 (0.03) -0.02 (0.11) 0.14 (0.11) 0.03 (0.05) 0.08 (0.10) -0.03 (0.02) 0.08 (0.10) 0.04 (0.12) 0.04 (0.08) -0.10 (0.12) -0.04 (0.02) -0.02 (0.04) 0.03 (0.07) 0.08 (0.07) -0.04 (0.02) 0.07 (0.06) -0.04 (0.06) 0.05 (0.11) -0.03 (0.08)
  Maternal depression 0.08 (0.01) 0.09 (0.04) 0.14 (0.04) 0.11 (0.02) 0.13 (0.04) 0.07 (0.01) 0.09 (0.03) 0.14 (0.05) 0.20 (0.04) 0.20 (0.05) 0.06 (0.00) 0.11 (0.01) 0.17 (0.02) 0.13 (0.02) 0.06 (0.00) 0.12 (0.02) 0.11 (0.02) 0.15 (0.03) 0.18 (0.03)

SDQ = Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, DAWBA = Development and Well-Being Assessment. CL=child-limited, CAL=child/adolescent-limited, COP=child-onset persistent, LO=late-onset, SO=subthreshold late-onset. Standard errors in parentheses. Cut-point based analyses using multiple imputation with inverse probability weighting, trajectory definitions using full information maximum likelihood to derive trajectories and listwise deletion for associations with other variables.

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Self-reports in adulthood, parent-reports for prior assessments. Adult cognitive tasks not controlling for device type. SDQ trajectory means for adult response inhibition and family income estimated using BCH instead of DU3STEP to avoid class formation changes (Asparouhov & Muthén, 2014). Means presented for PRS, cognitive tasks and childhood resources (family income assessed on a 1-10 scale and maternal education on a 1-5 scale), proportions presented for male sex, preterm birth, low birth weight and maternal depression.