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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics for the Exposures, Outcomes and Covariates*

From: The associations between maternal and child diet quality and child ADHD – findings from a large Norwegian pregnancy cohort study

Variables

n

Missing

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Range

n

%

Exposures

 PDQI score

77,768

0

0%

83.1 (9.3)

83.9 (12.7)

38.7–107.1

 UPFI score

77,768

0

0%

31.8 (9.7)

31.2 (12.7)

0–89.5

 CDQI score

32,937

44,831

58%

60.3 (10.6)

61.5 (13.9)

2.8–86.5

Outcomes

 ADHD symptom score

37,796

39,972

51%

8.4 (7.1)

7 (7)

0–54

 ADHD diagnosis, NPR

 

0

0%

   

  Yes

2546

     

  No

75,222

     

Covariates

 Maternal age

77,768

0

0%

30.2 (4.5)

30 (6)

15–47

 Pre-pregnant BMI

75,804

1964

3%

24.0 (4.3)

23.1 (4.8)

12.5–57.8

 Maternal ADHD symptom score, mean

46,976

30,792

40%

1.1 (0.57)

1 (0.83)

0–4

 Maternal Hopkins symptom score, mean

76,321

1447

2%

0.25 (0.39)

0 (0.4)

0–3

 Maternal completed education

 

0

0%

   

   < 12 years

5474

     

  Upper secondary

21,234

     

  Bachelor

32,497

     

  Master

18,563

     

 Prenatal smoking

 

1099

1%

   

  Yes

5816

     

  No

70,853

     

 Prenatal energy intake (MJ)

77,768

0

0%

9.7 (2.6)

9.4 (3.2)

4.5–20

 Parity

 

0

0%

0.8 (0.8)

1 (1)

0–3

  0

35,140

     

  1

27,922

     

  2

11,634

     

  3

3072

     

 Child sex

 

0

0%

   

  Girls

38,037

     

  Boys

39,731

     

 Child sleep problems at 3 y

 

29,594

38%

   

  Yes

2648

     

  No

45,526

     
  1. *For categorical and dichotomous variables, only n is given