The relationship between disease symptoms and restless legs syndrome in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder without iron deficiency

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 2 Comparison of demographic characteristics, ADHD, depression and/or anxiety disorder comorbidity, ASRS, WURS, BDI, and BAI scale scores between RLS groups

		Have not RLS S = 82 (68.3%)	Have RLS S = 38 (31.7%)
		n (%)	n (%)	Test statistics	p-value
Gender	Female	39 (67.2%)	19 (32.8%)	0.062	0.804a
Gender	Male	43 (69.4%)	19 (30.6%)	0.062	0.804a
Marital status	Married	9 (81.8%)	2 (18.2%)		0.499b
Marital status	Single	73 (67%)	36 (33%)		0.499b
Education level	High school and below	18 (58.1%)	13 (41.9%)	2.037	0.154a
Education level	University	64 (71.9%)	25 (28.1%)	2.037	0.154a
ADHD	ADHD-I	44 (83%)	9 (17%)	9.461	0.002a
ADHD	ADHD-C	38 (56.7%)	29 (43.3%)	9.461	0.002a
Comorbidity of depression and/or anxiety disorder	No	62 (72.9%)	23 (27.1%)	2.860	0.091a
Comorbidity of depression and/or anxiety disorder	Yes	20 (57.1%)	15 (42.9%)	2.860	0.091a
		Mean ± SD Median (min-max)	Mean ± SD Median (min-max)	Test statistics (t-value, Mann-Whitney U-value)	p-value
Age		24 (18–30)	25 (18–28)	1638	0.648d
Age		23.98 ± 3.11	24.34 ± 2.34
ASRS		47.26 ± 9.41	53.92 ± 9.87	−3.544	0.001c
ASRS		48 (23–64)	55 (30–71)
WURS		47.23 ± 14.47	58.60 ± 17.63	−3.731	< 0.001c
WURS		46 (17–81)	60.5 (17–91)
BDI		16.97 ± 9.02	23.78 ± 12.23	−3.423	0.001c
BDI		16 (3–45)	21.5 (3–56)
BAI		13 (0–47)	22.5 (7–51)	2335.5	< 0.001d
BAI		15.20 ± 9.83	26.23 ± 12.80
Serum ferritin level		58 ± 20.5	56 ± 22.7
Hemoglobin		12.6 ± 1.2	12.4 ± 0.9

^aChi-square test, ^bFisher’s exact test, ^cStudent’s t-test, ^dMann-Whitney U. ADHD, adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD-I, inattention predominant type; ADHD-C, combined type predominant type. WURS, Wender Utah RatingScale; ASRS, Adult ADHD Self Report Scale; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory