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Table 2 Prevalence of hyperactivity in children under 12 years of age based on diagnostic criteria

From: The global prevalence of ADHD in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Diagnostic criteria

N

Sample size

I2

Egger test

Prevalence (95%CI)

DSM-IV

33

56,186

98.5

0.052

7.7 (95%CI: 6-9.9)

DSM-IV TR

5

12,069

95.7

0.390

8.3 (95%CI: 4.9–13.6)

DSM-III

3

2454

0

0.572

10.1 (95%CI: 9-11.3)

DSM-IV and ICD-10

3

5963

89.1

0.664

4.4 (95%CI: 2.4–8.2)

DSM-V

8

11,077

99.2

0.509

11.3 (95%CI: 5.3–22.2)