Table 5.
Results of the exploration of the effect of medication on case-control differences
Patients currently not taking stimulants versus controls* | Stimulant use in patients: positive versus negative lifetime history | ||||
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n Cases/Controls | Cohen’s d (95%CI) | p-value for Diagnosis | n Never/ever stimulant use in patients only | p-value for positive versus negative for lifetime stimulant use | |
Accumbens | 776/1484 | −0.12 (−0.21 – −0.03) | 0.007 | 79/625 | 0.32 |
Amygdala | 753/1474 | −0.18 (−0.27 – −0.10) | 4.90 ×10−9 | 80/590 | 0.41 |
Caudate | 777/1502 | −0.10 (−0.19 – −0.01) | 0.02 | 80/627 | 0.15 |
Hippocampus | 757/1446 | −0.08 (−0.17 – 0.003) | 0.06 | 80/593 | 0.69 |
Pallidum | 776/1484 | 0.01 (−0.07 – 0.10) | 0.74 | 79/621 | 0.26 |
Putamen | 784/1508 | −0.13 (−0.22 – −0.04) | 0.004 | 81/627 | 0.29 |
Thalamus | 692/1253 | −0.03 (0.04 – −0.12) | 0.53 | 80/458 | 0.29 |
ICV | 793/1512 | −0.06 (0.04 – −0.16) | 0.15 | 81/632 | 0.92 |
within this group, 152 subjects were lifetime positive for the use of stimulant medication, 82 were lifetime negative; for 565 no lifetime information was available.