Table 4. Treatments Within First Year After ADHD Diagnosis.
| Treatment | Children, No. (%) | P valuea | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Asian | Black | Hispanic | Other/unknown | Total | |||||
| ADHD diagnosis age <6 y | ||||||||||
| Totalb | 2032 (76.5) | 107 (4.0) | 178 (6.7) | 250 (9.4) | 88 (3.3) | 2655 (100) | ||||
| Both medication and therapy | 404 (19.9) | 11 (10.3) | 36 (20.2) | 36 (14.4) | 18 (20.5) | 505 (19.0) | <.001 | |||
| Medication only | 702 (34.5) | 16 (15.0) | 60 (33.7) | 57 (22.8) | 25 (28.4) | 860 (32.4) | ||||
| Therapy only | 390 (19.2) | 31 (29.0) | 23 (12.9) | 56 (22.4) | 16 (18.2) | 516 (19.4) | ||||
| No treatment | 536 (26.4) | 49 (45.8) | 59 (33.1) | 101 (40.4) | 29 (33.0) | 774 (29.2) | ||||
| ADHD diagnosis age ≥6 y | ||||||||||
| Totalb | 3577 (80.8) | 111 (2.5) | 240 (5.4) | 383 (8.7) | 116 (2.6) | 4427 (100) | ||||
| Both medication and therapy | 819 (22.9) | 18 (16.2) | 55 (22.9) | 51 (13.3) | 25 (21.6) | 968 (21.9) | <.001 | |||
| Medication only | 1592 (44.5) | 39 (35.1) | 101 (42.1) | 164 (42.8) | 40 (34.5) | 1936 (43.7) | ||||
| Therapy only | 516 (14.4) | 17 (15.3) | 33 (13.8) | 54 (14.1) | 19 (16.4) | 639 (14.4) | ||||
| No treatment | 650 (18.2) | 39 (35.1) | 51 (21.3) | 114 (29.8) | 32 (27.6) | 884 (20.0) | ||||
Abbreviation: ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
a
P values are based on F tests.
b
Percentages in this row are out of the total number of children in the cohort.