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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Associations of meeting 24-h movement behavior guidelines with cognitive difficulty and social relationships in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder

ADHD (n = 3470)

Characteristics

Value1

 Age (M, SD)

11.97 (3.48)

Sex (n, %)

 Male

2376 (69.55)

 Female

1094 (30.45)

Ethnicity (n, %)

 White

2839 (69.18)

 Black or African American

250 (17.29)

 American Indian/Alaska native

26 (0.59)

 Asian

55 (1.07)

 Native Hawaiian & other pacific islander

13 (0.86)

 Two or more ethnic groups

287 (11.01)

Born 3 weeks or more before due dates (n, %)

 Yes

511 (14.47)

 No

2959 (85.53)

Overweight status (n, %)

 Yes

469 (14.95)

 No

3001 (85.05)

ADHD severity (n, %)

 Mild

1527 (43.20)

 Moderate

1566 (42.29)

 Severe

377 (14.52)

ADHD related medication or treatment (n, %)

 Behavioural treatment only

493 (14.39)

 Medication only

1008 (26.18)

 Behavioural treatment and medication

1047 (33.15)

 Neither

905 (26.27)

Household poverty level (n, %)

  ≤ 0–99% federal poverty level

457 (18.67)

  ≥ 100% federal poverty level

3013 (81.33)

Highest education level among reported adults (n, %)

 Less than high school

86 (7.02)

 High school

540 (23.74)

 Some college or associated degree

879 (24.06)

 College degree or higher

1965 (45.18)

Adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines (n, %)

 None

841 (27.56)

 Screen time

314 (10.87)

 Sleep

1118 (26.87)

 Physical activity

124 (4.93)

 Screen time + Sleep

574 (14.69)

 Screen time + Physical activity

116 (4.00)

 Sleep + Physical activity

182 (5.40)

 All

201 (5.68)

Serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions (n, %)

 Yes

1858 (55.57)

 No

1612 (44.43)

Difficulty making or keeping friends (n, %)

 No difficulty

1545 (45.96)

 A little difficulty

1322 (36.54)

 A lot of difficulty

603 (17.49)

Bully others (n, %)

 Never

2374 (69.21)

 1 to 2 times in the past 1 year

762 (19.73)

 1 to 2 times per month

198 (5.16)

 1 to 2 times per week

78 (2.73)

 Almost every day

58 (3.17)

Being bullied (n, %)

 Never

1363 (40.85)

 1 to 2 times in the past 1 year

1190 (33.67)

 1 to 2 times per month

452 (11.15)

 1 to 2 times per week

270 (7.40)

 Almost every day

195 (6.93)

  1. Values are mean (SD) or n (%). N represents unweighted sample counts and % is weighted to the US population