Social function of adult men with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the context of military service

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics in the MS and NMS groups (mean ± SD)

	MS	NMS	Value of statistics
Age at diagnosis (years)	28.1±6.2 (n=50)	20.5±5.7 (n=39)	290.05a
FSIQ	109.4±13.8 (n=44)	87.1±25.5 (n=38)	4.81b
Comorbidities per person	0.8±0.7 (n=50)	1.6±0.9 (n=39)	475.00a

Notes:

a Mann–Whitney U test;

b t-test.

Abbreviations: FSIQ, full scale intelligence quotient; MS, military service; NMS, nonmilitary service.

Figure 1 Distribution of occupations by skill level in the MS and NMS groups.

Notes: Frequency (%) according to job types compared between MS (gray) and NMS (black). The skill levels are defined as follows: a. professionals; b. managers; c. technicians and associate professors; d. clerical support workers; e. services and sales workers; f. skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers; g. plant and machine operators, and assemblers; h. elementary occupations; i. unemployment; and j. students; *P<0.05 with Fisher’s exact test.
Abbreviations: MS, military service; NMS, nonmilitary service; NOS, not otherwise specified.

Figure 2 Comorbid psychiatric disorders in the MS and NMS groups.

Notes: (A) Frequency (%) of no comorbidity compared between MS (I) and NMS (II); (B) frequency (%) according to various types of comorbidity psychiatric disorders compared between MS (gray) and NMS (black). 1. depression; 2. anxiety disorder; 3. bipolar disorder; 4. Tic disorder; 5. habit/impulse control disorder; 6. sleep disorder; 7. substance use disorder; 8. personality disorder; 9. psychoticism; 10. stress-related disorder; 11. somatoform disorder; 12. autism spectrum disorder; 13. mental retardation; 14. conduct disorder; 15. other neurotic disorder; 16. mental disorder NOS. *P<0.05; **P<0.01 was considered statistically significant with Fisher’s exact test.
Abbreviations: MS, military service; NMS, nonmilitary service; NOS, not otherwise specified.

Table 2 Effects of demographic and clinical factors on the status of MS

Variables	Univariable logistic regression (Ref.: 1= MS)			Multivariable logistic regression (Ref.: 1= MS)
	OR	CI	P-value	OR	CI	P-value
Age at diagnosis	0.77	0.69–0.87	<0.0001	0.76	0.64–0.91	0.0030
FSIQ	0.94	0.91–0.97	0.0001	0.95	0.91–0.99	0.0225
Comorbidity count	3.61	1.91–6.82	<0.0001	6.35	1.98–20.39	0.0019

Abbreviations: MS, military service; FSIQ, full scale intelligence quotient.