Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD

Objective: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in children. According to concern regarding the growth of these children, this study was carried out to compare height and weight between 5-6-year-old boys with ADHD and those without ADHD i...

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Autores principales: Tashakori, Ashraf, Riahi, Koorosh, Afkandeh, Razieh, Ayati, Amir Houshang
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3939969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24644449
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author Tashakori, Ashraf
Riahi, Koorosh
Afkandeh, Razieh
Ayati, Amir Houshang
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description Objective: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in children. According to concern regarding the growth of these children, this study was carried out to compare height and weight between 5-6-year-old boys with ADHD and those without ADHD in Ahvaz, Iran Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 32 5-6-year-old ADHD boys with the Conners’ rating scale (CRS) of ≥ 15 were compared to 32 non-ADHD same-age boys with CRS of < 15. Exclusion criteria were some special disease with negative effect on growth and psychostimulant treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) curves were used to determine the growth status. Results: Comparison between ADHD and non-ADHD boys regarding mean height (111.95 ± 6.12 vs. 110.77 ± 6.22 cm), weight (19.39 ± 3.65 vs. 19.19 ± 3.75), and body mass index (15.44 ± 1.82 vs. 15.54 ± 1.67) showed no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). Conclusion: Our study does not support an association between problems in growth outcomes and ADHD in 5-6 years old boys
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spelling pubmed-39399692014-03-18 Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD Tashakori, Ashraf Riahi, Koorosh Afkandeh, Razieh Ayati, Amir Houshang Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci Original Article Objective: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in children. According to concern regarding the growth of these children, this study was carried out to compare height and weight between 5-6-year-old boys with ADHD and those without ADHD in Ahvaz, Iran Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 32 5-6-year-old ADHD boys with the Conners’ rating scale (CRS) of ≥ 15 were compared to 32 non-ADHD same-age boys with CRS of < 15. Exclusion criteria were some special disease with negative effect on growth and psychostimulant treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) curves were used to determine the growth status. Results: Comparison between ADHD and non-ADHD boys regarding mean height (111.95 ± 6.12 vs. 110.77 ± 6.22 cm), weight (19.39 ± 3.65 vs. 19.19 ± 3.75), and body mass index (15.44 ± 1.82 vs. 15.54 ± 1.67) showed no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). Conclusion: Our study does not support an association between problems in growth outcomes and ADHD in 5-6 years old boys Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3939969/ /pubmed/24644449 Text en © 2011, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD
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title_full Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD
title_fullStr Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD
title_short Comparison of Height and Weight of 5-6 Year-old Boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Non-ADHD
title_sort comparison of height and weight of 5-6 year-old boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and non-adhd
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