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Table 1 Characteristics of the ADHD, control and ADHDmed groups of children (means and standard deviations)
| ADHD | Control | ADHDmed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | ||
| N | 21 | 21 | 14 | ||||
| Gender (m/f) | 14m, 7f | 20 m, 1 f | 12 m, 2 f | ||||
| Age (y) | 8.9** | 1.4 | 11.0** | 1.5 | 12.6 | 2.1 | |
| IQ | 95.8* | 10.7 | 114.1 | 14.4 | 106.7 | 12.4 | |
| Height (cm) | 132.1 | 9.3 | 147.3 | 11.6 | 161.2 | 17.8 | |
| Weight (kg) | 29.2 | 8.4 | 39.7 | 11.7 | 54.7 | 19.1 | |
| BMI | 16.5*** | 2.4 | 17.9*** | 3.1 | 20.5 | 4.6 | |
| Allergy (N) | 8 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Allergy (grade) | 0.95 | 1.2 | 0.76 | 0.9 | 0.29 | 0.7 | |
| SES-birth (M) | 4.2 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | |
| (F) | 4.3 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 2 | 3.7 | 1.6 | |
| SES-current (M) | 4.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| (F) | 4.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.9 |
