Personality disorders and Axis I comorbidity in adolescent outpatients with ADHD

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Prevalence of Axis I disorders (N = 153)

Axis I disorders^b	Boys (N = 59)	Girls (N = 94)	Total (N = 153)	p- value *
Axis I disorders^b	N (%) (CI^a)	N (%) (CI^a)	N (%) (CI^a)	p- value *
Anxiety	13 (22.0 %) (13.0–34.5 %)	38 (40.4 %) (30.7–50.7 %)	51 (33.3 %) (26.0–41.1 %)	0.022
Mood	13 (22.0 %) (13.0–34.5 %)	37 (39.4 %) (29.6–49.6)	50 (32.7 %) (25.3–40.5 %)	0.033
Psychosis	0 (0.0 %) (0.0–6.0 %)	2 (2.1 %) (0.4–7.1 %)	2 (1.3 %) (0.2–4.6 %)	0.523
OCD	4 (6.8 %) (2.3–16.4 %)	10 (10.6 %) (5.5–18.3 %)	14 (9.2 %) (5.3–14.8 %)	0.568
SUD	10 (16.9 %) (8.7–28.5 %)	18 (19.1 %) (11.9–28.5 %)	28 (18.3 %) (12.6–25.3 %)	0.831
CD	12 (20.3 %) (11.3–32.8 %)	15 (16.0 %) (9.5–24.8 %)	27 (17.6 %) (12.2–24.4 %)	0.519

^aBlaker 95 % confidence intervals
^bAxis I disorders: Anxiety = Anxiety disorders: Simple phobias, Generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder, Agoraphobia, Social phobia and Post-traumatic stress disorder. Mood = Mood disorders: Dysthymia and Major depressive episode. OCD Obsessive-compulsive disorder, SUD Substance-related disorders: Alcohol and drug abuse or dependence, CD Conduct disorder
*p-value from exact chi square test

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