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Prevalence (95% confidence interval) of at-risk-for-overweight ( ≥ 85 percentile)1 and overweight ( ≥ 95 percentile) by age in children with ADHD and national estimates. |
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| NHANES 1999–2002* |
ADHD N = 98 |
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| AT RISK |
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| 2–5 yr |
22.6% |
42.9% (16.9, 68.8) |
| 6–11 yr |
31.2% |
25.9% (14.6, 37.1) |
| 12–19 yr |
30.9% |
30.8% (13.0, 48.5) |
| Overall |
31.0% |
29% (20.0, 38.0) |
| OVERWEIGHT |
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| 2–5 yr |
10.3% |
21% (0.0, 42.3) |
| 6–11 yr |
15.8% |
16% (6.6, 25.4) |
| 12–19 yr |
16.1% |
19% (3.9, 34.0) |
| Overall |
16.0% |
17.3% (9.8, 24.8) |
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1CDC recommended cut-off points for at-risk-for overweight and overweight (11). *Hedley et al. JAMA 2004 | ||
Curtin et al. BMC Pediatrics 2005 5:48 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-5-48 |
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