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Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Salivary cortisol level of the ADHD group after treatment and control group

From: Effect of one-month treatment with methylphenidate on salivary cortisol level of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children

Salivary cortisol level

Predominantly inattentive ADHD after treatment (n = 17)

Predominantly hyperactive/impulsive ADHD after treatment (n = 12)

Combined ADHD after treatment (n = 16)

ADHD group after treatment (n = 45)

Control group (n = 60)

Z, P1

Z, P2

Z, P3

Z, P4

KW, P5

Median (min-max)

25.74 (9.67–78.13)

27.75 (2.45–47.41)

22.42 (1.18–99.34)

25.74 (1.18–99.34)

23.54 (9.27–54.62)

− .725, 0.469

− .695, 0.487

− .076, 0.939

0.641, 0.521

0.203, 0.903

  1. Z Mann-Whitney test, KW Kruskal-Wallis test, P1 p value between the predominantly inattentive ADHD and control groups, P2 p value between the predominantly hyperactive/impulsive ADHD and control groups, P3 p value between the combined ADHD and control groups, P4 p value between the ADHD and control groups, P5 p value between the predominantly inattentive ADHD, predominantly hyperactive/impulsive ADHD, and combined ADHD
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