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Table 6 Demographic and delay discounting level of ADHD and healthy controls with different genders

From: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Quick Delay Questionnaire (C-QDQ) and ecological characteristics of reward-delay impulsivity of adults with ADHD

 

ADHD

HCs

Group comparisons

Men

(n = 100)

Women

(n = 109)

Men

(n = 41)

Women

(n = 52)

ADHD men

vs. women

p

Health control men

vs. women

p

Age (years)

27 (23, 31) a

26 (22, 29) a

25 (23, 26) a

25 (24, 27) a

0.152

0.625

Educational (years)

16.08 ± 2.83 b

16.59 ± 2.27 b

17.68 ± 3.64 b

18.38 ± 2.12 b

0.118

0.153

Delay discounting

13.86 ± 3.82 b

15.02 ± 3.86 b

9.73 ± 2.52 b

9.21 ± 2.52 b

0.015*

0.467

  1. Note: a: [median (P25, P75)]; b: means ± standard deviation; HCs: healthy controls; *: p < 0.05
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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