Sociodemographic, Electrophysiological, and Biochemical Profiles in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Epilepsy

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics.

Sociodemographic data	Control ()		ADHD ()		Epilepsy ()		ADHD with epilepsy ()		Total ()		Test	value
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	K
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	5.66 ± 3.9	9	4.00 ± 2.47		4.25 ± 1.79		4.11 ± 1.72				2.14	0.10
Gender											3.13	0.02
Male	13	52.0	19	76.0	13	52.0	17	68.0	62	62.0	0.00	1.00
Female	12	48.0	6	24.0	12	48.0	8	32.0	38	38.0	1.33	0.04
Male : female ratio		1.08		3.1		1.08		2.1			3.13	0.02
											0.40	0.53
											1.33	0.04
Family history of neurological disorders											0.22	0.63
											14.67	0.001
Positive	2	8.0	3	12.0	16	64.0	18	72.0	39	39.0	21.33
Negative	23	92.0	22	88.0	9	36.0	7	28.0	61	61.0	14.35	0.001; 0.001
											18.47	0.001
											0.37	0.54
Consanguinity											0.00	1.00
Positive	3	12.0	3	12.0	7	28.0	5	20.0	18	18.0	1.13	0.29
Negative	22	88.0	22	88.0	18	72.0	20	80.0	82	82.0	0.15	0.69
											2.00	0.16
											0.60	0.44
											0.44	0.51
Developmental history											0.17	0.68
											0.14	0.7^1
Normal	21	84.0	22	88.0	20	80.0	18	72.0	81	81.0	1.05	0.30
Delayed	4	16.0	3	12.0	5	20.0	7	28.0	19	19.0	0.60	0.44
Lost after being acquired	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2.00	0.16
											0.44	0.51

ADHD vs control. Epilepsy vs control. ADHD + epilepsy vs control. Epilepsy vs ADHD. ADHD + epilepsy vs ADHD. ADHD + epilepsy vs epilepsy. K: Kruskal-Wallis test. : Pearson’s chi-square test. Significant ().