Table 3 Psychological characteristics of HIP and LIP.

From: Inflammatory biotype of ADHD is linked to chronic stress: a data-driven analysis of the inflammatory proteome

Psychological

N

HIP

LIP

p value

p.adj3

Characteristics

N = 53

N = 73

ADHD rating scale1c

124

33 (8)

32 (9)

0.5312d

0.664

Inattention (ADHD-RS)1c

125

70 (25)

60 (29)

0.1532d

0.307

Hyperactivity (ADHD-RS)1a

125

17 (9, 19)

15 (7, 17)

0.9642a

0.964

Impulsivity (ADHD-RS)1a

124

9.4 (6.9, 13.2)

8.1 (5.6, 10.6)

0.7702a

0.855

Major depressive episode1b

126

15 (28%)

15 (21%)

0.3132b

0.522

Comorbid BPD1b

126

11 (21%)

7 (9.6%)

0.0772b

0.193

Suicidality risk1b

126

  

0.0322c

0.106

 None

 

29 (55%)

45 (62%)

  

 Low

 

17 (32%)

27 (37%)

  

 Medium

 

5 (9.4%)

0 (0%)

  

 High

 

2 (3.8%)

1 (1.4%)

  

CGI-S score1b

126

  

0.0302c

0.106

 4

 

23 (43%)

43 (59%)

  

 5

 

18 (34%)

26 (36%)

  

 6

 

10 (19%)

4 (14%)

  

 7

 

2 (3.8%)

0 (0%)

  

Perceived stress scale1c

123

24 (7)

20 (6)

<0.0012d

0.004

  1. Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity as subscores from ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-RS) and transformed with Tukey’s ladder of powers. Major depressive episode and suicidality risk based on M.I.N.I., Comorbid BPD based on SCID-II. Perceived stress scale: sum of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). CGI-S score: Score of Clinical Global Impression—severity scale (CGI-S scores had to be four or higher for inclusion). Bold values indicate significant p values.
  2. 1a Median (IQR);
  3. 1bn (%);
  4. 1cMean (SD).
  5. 2aWilcoxon rank sum test;
  6. 2bPearson’s Chi-squared test (% of total column);
  7. 2cFisher’s exact test (% of total column);
  8. 2dWelch Two Sample t test.
  9. 3Benjamini & Hochberg correction for multiple testing.
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