Co-occurring symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of adolescents screened for depression

Table 3 Frequency among the girls and the boys with a given number of ADHD symptoms (n) co-occurring with depression

ADHD symptoms (n)	<4		4		5		>5
	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys
Common cutoff for girls & boys
ASRS I	49.9	51.7	11.4	14.5	12.5	9.1	26.2	24.8
ASRS H	61.9	58.3	16.7	17.8	11.4	8.7	9.9	15.3
Gender specific cutoffs
ASRS I	46.9	60.0	10.2	11.8	12.3	7.9	30.6	20.3
ASRS H	59.0	64.9	17.6	16.0	12.1	7.5	11.3	11.6

ASRS I = ASRS inattention subscale; ASRS H = ASRS hyperactivity-impulsivity subscale;
Cutoff for boys and girls: sMFQ ≥ 14 (856 girls and 242 boys defined as depressed)
Gender specific cutoffs: sMFQ ≥17 for girls (529 girls) and sMFQ ≥11 for boys (507 boys)

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