The impact of ADHD symptoms and global impairment in childhood on working disability in mid-adulthood: a 28-year follow-up study using official disability pension records in a high-risk in-patient population

Table 1 Distribution and descriptive characteristics of diagnostic groups at admission

Diagnostic groups	CD	ADHD	ED	MCE	Total study population	ANOVA with post hoc*
N	39	53	98	67	257
CGAS	44.0(6.5)	41.9(5.5)	48.9(9.6)	43.4(6.5)	45.3(8.1)	CD=^bADHD=MCE<ED, p<0.05
Age at admission	8.9(1.7)	8.0(2.3)	8.9(2.7)	8.8(1.9)	8.7(2.3)	P= 0.13
Male gender^a	31(80)	44(83)	52(53)	48(72)	175(68)	ED< ADHD=CD=MCE, p<0.05
CFD	4.9(1.0)	4.0(1.4)	4.1(1.3)	4.7(1.1)	4.4(1.3)	ED=ADHD<CD=MCE, p<0.05

ANOVA with post hoc analysis to provide differences between diagnostic groups.
*ANOVA post hoc if p<0.05 in one-way Anova.
^a Pearson’s chi square/Fisher’s exact test.
^b non-significant differences.
CD, Conduct disorder; ADHD, Hyperkinetic disorder; ED, Emotional Disorder; MCE, Mixed disorder of conduct and emotions; CGAS, Children’s Global Assessment Scale; CFD, Chronic family difficulties scale.

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