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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Real-life instability in ADHD from young to middle adulthood: a nationwide register-based study of social and occupational problems

 

Total population

Without ADHD

With ADHD

p-value2

 

N = 3,448,4401

 N = 3,417,5591

 N = 31,0811

 

Age

34 (26,43)

34 (26,43)

28 (22,35)

< 0.001

Sex

    

Males

1,770,673 (51%)

1,735,585 (51%)

17,088 (55%)

 

Females

1,677,767 (49%)

1,663,774 (49%)

13,993 (45%)

 

SUD

168,994 (4,9%)

156,498 (4,6%)

12,496 (40%)

< 0.001

BPD

21,019 (0,6%)

17,978 (0,5%)

3,041 (9, 8%)

< 0.001

Income parents

2,612 (1,977, 3,369)

2,619 (1,990, 3,376)

1,577 (1,204, 2,289)

< 0.001

Education level parents

   

< 0.001

Primary school

382,373 (12%)

374,545 (12%)

7,828 (26%)

 

Secondary school

1,750,282 (55%)

1,733,184 (55%)

17,098 (57%)

 

University

1,031,867 (33%)

1,026,672 (33%)

5, 195 (17%)

 
  1. ADHD = Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity-Disorder; SUD = Substance Use Disorder; BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder; 1 Median (IQR); n (%), 2 Wilcoxon rank sum test; Pearson´s Chi-squared test.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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