Behavioral and Brain Functions

Table 3 Comparing ADHD subtypes with non-ADHD groups

From: Fine motor skills in South African children with symptoms of ADHD: influence of subtype, gender, age, and hand dominance

	ADHD-HI		ADHD-PI		ADHD-C
*Gender groups*
Measure	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Pegboard
Dom. hand	n/s	0.006**	n/s	n/s	0.001**	0.002**
Non-dom.	n/s	n/s	n/s	n/s	0.000***	0.000***
Maze
Dom. hand	n/s	0.037*	0.003**	0.032*	0.004**	0.000***
Non-dom.	n/s	n/s	n/s	n/s	0.04*	0.04*
*Age groups*
Measure	6 – 9	10 – 13	6 – 9	10 – 13	6 – 9	10 – 13
Pegboard
Dom. hand	0.000***	n/s	n/s	n/s	0.000***	0.008**
Non-dom.	0.032*	n/s	n/s	n/s	0.000***	0.008**
Maze
Dom. hand	n/s	n/s	0.000***	n/s	0.000***	n/s
Non-dom.	0.000***	n/s	0.04*	n/s	0.001**	n/s

*p < 0.05
** p < 0.01
*** p < 0.001
With Bonferroni corrections.
There were no significant differences when the ADHD subtypes were compared with each other, with one exception: The performance with the non-dominant hand on the Grooved Pegboard of the younger ADHD-PI subtype differed significantly from the ADHD-C subtype (p = 0.03)

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