Study of disturbed eating behaviors in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 5 Relation between ADHD severity, types, and BMI z-scores

	% BMI for age		Test value	P value	Sig.
	Mean ± SD	Range	Test value	P value	Sig.
Severity of Conners global index
Marked	74.61 ± 31.84	3.00–96.00	5.363^a	< 0.01	HS
Moderate	25.71 ± 19.10	5.00–55.00	5.363^a	< 0.01	HS
ADHD type
Hyperactive	5.25 ± 3.06	3.00–10.00	37.891^b	< 0.05	S
Inattentive	91.38 ± 4.13	85.00–96.00
Combined	59.31 ± 31.18	10.00–91.00
Conners global index: total			0.619^**	< 0.001	HS

SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, Sig. significance, HS highly significance, NS non-significance, S significance
**Chi-square test
^aIndependent t test
^bOne-way ANOVA test