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Table 8 Demographic data and C-QDQ scores between ADHD groups with or without comorbidity and healthy controls

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 without comorbidity

(n = 69)

Group(1)

ADHD with comorbidity (n = 140)

Group(2)

HCs

(n = 93)

Group(3)

p

Post hoc

Gender [n (%men)]

41 (59.4%)

59 (42.1%)

41 (44.1%)

0.052

-

Age (years)

27 (22, 31) a

26 (23, 30) a

25 (24, 26) a

0.152

-

Educational (years)

16.41 ± 2.49 b

16.31 ± 2.60 b

18.08 ± 2.14 b

< 0.001***

1, 2 < 3

C-QDQ total scores

29.81 ± 6.72 b

32.31 ± 6.23 b

20.41 ± 5.42 b

< 0.001***

2 > 1 > 3

 Delay aversion

16.20 ± 4.10 b

17.42 ± 4.02b

10.97 ± 3.64 b

< 0.001***

1, 2 > 3

 Delay discounting

13.61 ± 3.67 b

14.89 ± 3.92 b

9.44 ± 2.52 b

< 0.001***

2 > 1 > 3

  1. Note: a: [median (P25, P75)]; b: means ± standard deviation; HCs: healthy controls; ***: p < 0.001