Eugenio Frixione, Lourdes Ruiz-Zamarripa, Gerardo Hernández
Assessing Individual Intellectual Output in Scientific Research: Mexico's National System for Evaluating Scholars Performance in the Humanities and the Behavioral Sciences
PloS one
many studies reported higher prevalence attentiondeficithyperactivity disorder adhd among disadvantaged populations considered parental history adhd might modify relationship evaluated whether prevalence adhd varies socioeconomic status ses parental history adhd populationsample elementary school children age 614 years screened children grades 15 17 schools one north carolina us county adhd using teacher rating scales 1160 parent interviews including adhd structured interview disc combined parent teacher ratings determine dsmiv adhd status data analysis restricted 967 children information parental history adhd ses measured family income respondent education found interaction family income parental history adhd diagnosis p 016 ses gradient stronger families without parental history weaker among children parental history among children without parental history adhd diagnosis low income children 62 times odds adhd 95 ci 34113 high income children adjusting covariates among children parental history 10 times odds adhd high income children without parental history ses gradient high low income children less pronounced odds ratio 14 95 ci 0635 socioeconomic status parental history adhd strong risk factors adhd interact determine prevalence research needed dissect components ses contribute risk adhd future adhd research evaluate whether strength environmental risk factors vary parental history early identification interventions children low ses parental histories adhd explored