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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 4;31(4):615–624. doi: 10.1007/s00787-020-01705-2

Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation for ADHD symptoms, child and maternal characteristics in all cohorts

N(%)
mean(sd)
All cohorts
N=2541
Asturias
N=531
Gipuzkoa
N=377
Sabadell
N=631
Valencia
N=558
RHEA
N=444
p.overall

ADHD outcomes
Inattention1 - 0.97(1.86) 0.38(1.21) 0.65 (1.67) 0.82(1.91) - <0.001
Hyperactivity1 - 0.93 (2.00) 0.34(1.12) 0.68 (1.59) 0.80(1.77) - <0.001
ADHD1 - 1.90(3.36) 0.72 (2.07) 1.33 (2.85) 1.62(3.23) - <0.001
Inattention2 - - - - - 3.80 (4.47) -
Hyperactivity2 - - - - - 5.63 (5.37) -
ADHD2 - - - - - 14.7(12.5) -

Child Characteristics
Sex Boy 1311 (51.6%) 259 (48.8%) 185 (49.1%) 323 (51.2%) 299 (53.6%) 245 (55.2%) 0.210
Girl 1230 (48.4%) 272 (51.2%) 192 (50.9%) 308 (48.8%) 259 (46.4%) 199 (44.8%)
Age (in the moment of the test) 4.39 (0.20) 4.42 (0.20) 4.47(0.10) 4.46 (0.18) 4.32 (0.13) 4.26 (0.26) <0.001
BMI at 4 years based on IOTF criteria Normal 2014 (79.7%) 379 (72.6%) 288 (77.0%) 537(85.1%) 452 (81.1%) 358 (80.6%) <0.001
Overweight 349 (13.8%) 77(14.8%) 77 (20.6%) 63 (9.98%) 72(12.9%) 60 (13.5%)
Obese 165 (6.53%) 66(12.6%) 9 (2.41%) 31 (4.91%) 33 (5.92%) 26 (5.86%)
Gestational age 39.3 (1.66) 39.3 (1.64) 39.7(1.48) 39.7(1.39) 39.5 (1.73) 38.2 (1.59) <0.001

Maternal Characteristics
Mother DII −0.58 (2.04) −1.52 (1.70) −1.48 (1.53) −0.95 (1.54) −0.76 (1.67) 2.09 (1.58) <0.001
Mother origin Spain 2397 (94.4%) 515 (97.0%) 372 (98.7%) 571 (90.6%) 520 (93.2%) 419 (94.6%) <0.001
Other 142 (5.59%) 16(3.01%) 5(1.33%) 59 (9.37%) 38 (6.81%) 24 (5.42%)
Residence Rural 150 (6.01%) 7(1.32%) 37 (9.81%) 0 (0.00%) 27 (4.84%) 79 (19.8%) <0.001
Urban 2344 (94.0%) 524 (98.7%) 340 (90.2%) 630 (100%) 531 (95.2%) 319 (80.2%)
Maternal education Low 468(18.5%) 91 (17.1%) 43 (11.5%) 131 (20.9%) 135 (24.2%) 68(15.5%) <0.001
Medium 1115 (44.1%) 234 (44.1%) 130 (34.8%) 280 (44.7%) 251 (45.0%) 220 (50.0%)
High 946(37.4%) 206(38.8%) 201 (53.7%) 215 (34.3%) 172 (30.8%) 152(34.5%)
Maternal smoking during pregnancy No 1817 (73.2%) 364 (71.2%) 288 (79.8%) 460 (74.0%) 345 (61.8%) 360 (83.5%) <0.001
Yes 666 (26.8%) 147 (28.8%) 73 (20.2%) 162 (26.0%) 213 (38.2%) 71 (16.5%)
Working status during pregnancy No 499 (20.0%) 130 (25.4%) 42 (11.6%) 57(9.16%) 84(15.1%) 186(42.3%) <0.001
Yes 1996 (80.0%) 382 (74.6%) 321 (88.4%) 565 (90.8%) 474 (84.9%) 254 (57.7%)
Parity Primiparous 1419 (56.3%) 330 (62.1%) 206 (54.6%) 365 (58.1%) 330 (59.1%) 188 (44.0%)
Multiparous 1102 (43.7%) 201 (37.9%) 171 (45.4%) 263 (41.9%) 228 (40.9%) 239 (56.0%)
<0.001
BMI Underweight 145 (5.76%) 30 (5.75%) 16 (4.28%) 30 (4.75%) 34 (6.20%) 35 (7.88%)
Normal 1861 (73.9%) 349 (66.9%) 272 (72.7%) 507 (80.3%) 409 (74.6%) 324 (73.0%)
Overweight 349 (13.9%) 77 (14.8%) 77 (20.6%) 63 (9.98%) 72(13.1%) 60 (13.5%)
Obese 164(6.51%) 66 (12.6%) 9 (2.41%) 31 (4.91%) 33 (6.02%) 25 (5.63%)
Pre pregnancy diabetes No 2516 (99.4%) 529 (99.6%) 376 (99.7%) 630 (100%) 555 (99.5%) 426 (97.7%) <0.001
Yes 16 (0.63%) 2 (0.38%) 1 (0.27%) 0 (0.00%) 3 (0.54%) 10 (2.29%)
Gestational diabetes No 2055 (94.5%) 508 (95.7%) 346 (97.2%) 302 (94.4%) 525 (94.1%) 374 (91.4%)
Yes 119 (5.47%) 23 (4.33%) 10 (2.81%) 18 (5.62%) 33 (5.91%) 35 (8.56%)
BF duration 3.30(2.88) 2.61 (2.47) 3.54 (2.39) 3.30 (2.28) 3.01 (2.43) 4.25 (4.37) <0.001
Age at delivery 31.9(4.16) 32.9 (3.95) 32.8 (3.19) 31.7 (3.99) 31.8 (4.02) 30.1 (4.87) <0.001
1

ADHD-DSM-IV test for INMA cohorts (Asturias, Sabadell, Gipuzkoa and Valencia)

2

ADHDT Test for Rhea cohort