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Table 1 Percentage of children in demographic subgroupsa (standard error) with mental health conditionb for the association of the demographic characteristic with the condition

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use among children with mental health issues: results from the National Health Interview Survey

Demographics

N

ADHD/ ADD

Autism/ autism spectrum

Anxiety/ Depression

Childhood Stress

Any Mental Health Condition

Gender

 Boys

5105

14.3 (0.6) ††

2.2 (0.3) ††

8.7 (0.5)

8.4 (0.5)

21.9 (0.7) ††

 Girls

4918

5.7 (0.4)

0.4 (0.1)

8.9 (0.5)

9.4 (0.5)

15.4 (0.7)

Age

 4–7

2755

5.1 (0.5) ††

1.3 (0.3)

2.7 (0.4) ††

2.0 (0.3) ††

8.7 (0.7) ††

 8–11

2730

11.8 (0.8)

1.5 (0.3)

9.8 (0.7)

8.3 (0.6)

19.5 (0.9)

 12–17

4538

12.2 (0.6)

1.2 (0.2)

12.2 (0.6)

13.8 (0.7)

24.8 (0.8)

BMIc

 Underweight

558

15.1 (1.9)*

0.8 (0.4)

12.4 (1.8)

12.0 (1.6)

27.2 (2.4)

 Normal Weight

2237

10.6 (0.8)

1.2 (0.3)

12.1 (0.9)

14.7 (1.0)

23.9 (1.1)

 Overweight/Obesity

1743

13.4 (1.1)

1.5 (0.4)

12.2 (1.0)

13.1 (1.0)

25.0 (1.4)

Race

 Non-Hisp. White

7069

10.6 (0.4)*

1.3 (0.2)

9.4 (0.5) ††

9.5 (0.5) †

19.7 (0.6) ††

 Black/Hisp./Other

2954

8.8 (0.7)

1.5 (0.3)

7.0 (0.6)

7.1 (0.6)

15.9 (0.9)

Parent’s Education

 High school or less

3198

10.3 (0.7) ††

0.8 (0.2)

8.4 (0.7)*

8.1 (0.7) †

17.9 (0.9) ††

 Some college

3521

12.2 (0.7)

1.7 (0.3)

10.1 (0.6)

10.5 (0.6)

21.9 (0.8)

 Bachelors or higher

3301

8.1 (0.6)

1.4 (0.2)

7.9 (0.6)

7.9 (0.6)

16.3 (0.8)

Income

  ≤ $34,999

3584

12.1 (0.8) †

1.1 (0.2)*

10.4 (0.6) †

9.9 (0.7)

22.0 (1.0) ††

 $35,000–$74,999

3024

9.8 (0.7)

2.0 (0.3)

8.8 (0.7)

9.0 (0.7)

18.1 (0.9)

  ≥ $75,000

3412

8.8 (0.6)

1.0 (0.2)

7.5 (0.6)

7.9 (0.6)

16.4 (0.8)

Region

 Northeast

1624

8.5 (0.8) ††

1.2 (0.3)

8.4 (0.7)

7.7 (0.9)

15.8 (1.0) †

 Midwest

1958

11.7 (1.0)

1.3 (0.3)

9.8 (0.8)

9.4 (0.8)

20.3 (1.2)

 South

3616

12.0 (0.6)

1.6 (0.3)

8.4 (0.6)

8.6 (0.6)

20.2 (0.8)

 West

2825

6.8 (0.7)

1.0 (0.2)

8.9 (0.7)

9.7 (0.8)

16.9 (1.0)

Health Insurance Status

 Yes

9543

10.3 (0.4) ††

1.3 (0.1)

8.9 (0.4)

8.9 (0.4)

18.8 (0.5)

 No

480

5.1 (1.2)

1.8 (0.8)

7.6 (1.4)

8.6 (1.5)

15.7 (2.1)

  1. a Percentages are weighted for survey design
  2. b Mental health condition within past 12 months
  3. c BMI was recorded only for children 12 years old and above; among those, 266 had missing BMI leaving 4272 children with BMI recorded. P-values for survey weighted Wald F-statistic for testing the association of the demographic characteristic and the presence of the mental health condition: < 0.05*, < 0.01†, < 0.001†â€