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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the participants

From: Clinical characteristics of child and adolescent psychiatric outpatients engaging in fireplay or arson: a case–control study

 

Case % (n = 64)

Control % (n = 2268)

OR

95% CI

P value

Male sex

85.9 (n = 55)

57.2 (n = 1298)

4.56

2.22–10.56

 < 0.01

ADHD

57.8 (n = 37)

16.9 (n = 383)

6.74

3.94–11.65

 < 0.01

ASD

53.1 (n = 34)

40.1 (n = 910)

1.69

1.00–2.88

0.039

Intellectual Disability

7.8 (n = 5)

10.7 (n = 242)

0.71

0.22–1.78

0.68

Antisocial behavior

46.9 (n = 30)

12.3 (n = 279)

6.28

3.65–10.76

 < 0.01

Abuse history

21.9 (n = 14)

11.2 (n = 254)

2.22

1.12–4.15

0.02

Child-to-parent violence

29.7 (n = 19)

10.6 (n = 240)

3.56

1.94–6.34

 < 0.01

  1. ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; ASD, autism spectrum disorder
  2. Statistically significant values are presented in bold