Prevalence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among adults in obesity treatment

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1

		Age (years)		Sex (N)		Obesity Class (N)			Visits (N)
Group	N	Mean	SD	M	F	III	I-II	Ov	Mean	SD
AD	59	44.6	11.4	9	50	26	23	10	56.6	56.6
ADSx	72	42.7	11.0	6	66	18	38	16	37.0	31.9
NAD	84	43.2	10.7	7	77	17	40	27	39.4	44.2
All	215	43.4	10.9	22	193	61	101	53	43.3	45.1
	Starting BMI			Ending BMI		BMI Change		Months (N)
Group	Mean		SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean		SD
AD	39.2		10.0	36.6	9.8	2.6	3.5	38.7		33.0
ADSx	35.5		7.1	33.2	6.3	2.3	2.8	30.3		31.4
NAD	34.6		7.1	30.6	6.9	4.0	3.4	28.6		29.0
All	36.2		8.2	33.1	8.0	3.1	3.4	31.0		31.1

Group: AD = diagnosed with ADHD; ADSx = behaviors consistent with ADHD criteria, but insufficient to allow diagnosis; NAD = few or no symptoms consistent with ADHD. Obesity class: III (Extreme Obesity) = BMI >= 40; I-II (Obesity) = BMI 30 to 39.9; Ov (Overweight) = BMI < 30. BMI Change: Ending BMI – Starting BMI. Months: Total number of months between first and last visits, inclusive.

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