Predictors of Stability of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Subtypes From Childhood to Young Adulthood.

The article presents a study that investigates the prospective stability predictors of the subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in American children and teenager. The study of the population-based and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) predictor was administered to 708 twin participants whose age ranges from seven to 19 years. The predictors of the subtypes of ADHD were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression and reassessed after five years through a blinded fashion method and the significance of agreement percentage. It reveals that population-based ADHD subtype manifests an improvement after five years compared from DSM-IV, however, there are no existing factor that asserts the predictor of stability in both subtypes.