TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and reading disability in a population-based birth cohort
AU - Yoshimasu, Kouichi
AU - Barbaresi, William J.
AU - Colligan, Robert C.
AU - Killian, Jill M.
AU - Voigt, Robert G.
AU - Weaver, Amy L.
AU - Katusic, Slavica K.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of reading disability (RD) among children with and without research-identified attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), separately according to gender, in a population-based birth cohort. METHOD: Subjects included all children born in 1976 -1982 remaining in Rochester, Minnesota, after 5 years of age (n = 5718). Information from medical, school, and private tutorial records was abstracted. Cumulative incidence of RD, by any of 3 RD formulas, in children with and without ADHD and corresponding hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated separately according to gender. RESULTS: Cumulative incidence of RD by the age of 19 years was significantly higher in children with ADHD (51% in boys, 46.7% in girls) compared with those without ADHD (14.5% in boys, 7.7% in girls). Among children with ADHD, the risk for RD was similar in boys versus girls (HR: 1.0). However, among children without ADHD, boys were 2.0 times more likely than girls to meet RD criteria. Among girls, the HR for the risk for RD associated with ADHD (versus those without ADHD) was 8.1 (95% confidence interval: 5.7-11.5), which was significantly higher than the corresponding HR among boys (3.9 [95% confidence interval: 3.2-4.9]). CONCLUSIONS: The risk for RD is significantly greater among children with ADHD compared with those without ADHD. Among children with ADHD, the risk for RD is the same for boys and girls. However, among children without ADHD, boys are more at risk for RD than girls. Among girls, the magnitude of increased risk for RD associated with ADHD is nearly twice that among boys, because girls without ADHD are less likely to have RD than boys without ADHD.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of reading disability (RD) among children with and without research-identified attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), separately according to gender, in a population-based birth cohort. METHOD: Subjects included all children born in 1976 -1982 remaining in Rochester, Minnesota, after 5 years of age (n = 5718). Information from medical, school, and private tutorial records was abstracted. Cumulative incidence of RD, by any of 3 RD formulas, in children with and without ADHD and corresponding hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated separately according to gender. RESULTS: Cumulative incidence of RD by the age of 19 years was significantly higher in children with ADHD (51% in boys, 46.7% in girls) compared with those without ADHD (14.5% in boys, 7.7% in girls). Among children with ADHD, the risk for RD was similar in boys versus girls (HR: 1.0). However, among children without ADHD, boys were 2.0 times more likely than girls to meet RD criteria. Among girls, the HR for the risk for RD associated with ADHD (versus those without ADHD) was 8.1 (95% confidence interval: 5.7-11.5), which was significantly higher than the corresponding HR among boys (3.9 [95% confidence interval: 3.2-4.9]). CONCLUSIONS: The risk for RD is significantly greater among children with ADHD compared with those without ADHD. Among children with ADHD, the risk for RD is the same for boys and girls. However, among children without ADHD, boys are more at risk for RD than girls. Among girls, the magnitude of increased risk for RD associated with ADHD is nearly twice that among boys, because girls without ADHD are less likely to have RD than boys without ADHD.
KW - ADD
KW - ADHD
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Dyslexia
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Reading disability
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2010-1187
DO - 10.1542/peds.2010-1187
M3 - Article
C2 - 20876182
AN - SCOPUS:77957721498
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 126
SP - e788-e795
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 4
ER -