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Table 1 Population characteristics in peer victimized and non-victimized patients

From: Childhood clumsiness and peer victimization: a case–control study of psychiatric patients

Population characteristics

Victimized (n = 177)

Non- victimized (n = 100)

χ 2( d. f.)

Male, % (n)

50.9 (90)

43.0 (43)

 

Female, % (n)

49.2 (87)

57.0 (57)

 

Age, median (SD)

31.1 (10.5)

30.8 (10.3)

 

Diagnosis

  

21.9 (2)***

 Autism spectrum disorder, % (n)

43.5 (77)

16.0 (16)

 ADHD, % (n)

38.4 (68)

60.0 (60)

 Other psychiatric disorder, % (n)

18.1 (32)

24.0 (24)

Poor gross motor skills in adulthood, % (n)

38.4 (51)

21.9 (16)

5.8 (1)*

Poor gross motor skills in childhood, % (n)††

78.5 (117)

58.1 (50)

11.0 (1)***

Intelligence Quotient, total mean (SD) a

98.8 (16.6)

98.1 (16.2)

 

Body Mass Index, median (lower quartile; upper quartile) b

23.7 (21; 27)

22.6 (20; 26)

 

Civil status

   

 Single, % (n)

81.8 (139)

74.0 (74)

 

Highest educational level, % (n) c

   

 University

21.9 (37)

23.7 (23)

 

 Upper secondary school

32.0 (54)

21.7 (21)

 

 Vocational training

13.0 (22)

11.3 (11)

 

 Compulsory school

29.0 (49)

38.1 (37)

 

 Unfinished compulsory school

4.1 (7)

5.2 (5)

 

Working full day (i.e., ≥ 70%), % (n) d

16.7 (26)

17.4 (17)

 

Seeing friends, % (n)

  

9.3 (2)**

 > Weekly

36.9 (58)

50.0 (44)

 

 Once weekly to once monthly

29.3 (46)

34.1 (30)

 

 < Once monthly

33.8 (53)

15.9 (14)

 

Previous childhood psychiatric care, % (n) e

49.4 (81)

43.3 (42)

 

Previous psychiatric hospitalization, % (n) f

16.1 (26)

12.2 (12)

 

Previous treatment in psychiatric care, median months (lower quartile; upper quartile) g

24 (5; 72)

16 (1; 36)

 

Previous depression, % (n) h

46.7 (71)

36.3 (44)

 

Present antidepressant treatment, % (n) i

35.1 (46)

42.3 (33)

 
  1. Assessed as vertical jump performance; ††retrospective report by parents using the Five to Fifteen questionnaire. Missing data: a = 82, b = 79, c = 11, d = 23, e = 16, f = 17, g = 27, h = 30, i = 68. SD, standard deviation; n, number. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.