Assessment of association between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Low Birth Weight in 5 to 10 year old children

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood-onset psychiatric disorders that probably have relation with prenatal and postnatal complications. Assessment of association between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Low Birth Weight among 5 to 10_ year old children.Methods this study is a cross sectional study that was performed on 700 children at the age of 5 to 10 years selected through convenient sampling in pediatrics clinic of Dr.Sheikh hospital in 1388 to 1389. Our study was included 700 cases (364 male & 336 female). the number of low birth weight cases who had ADHD was 1.3 times the number of control cases who had birth weight upper 2500gr but it wasn’t statistically significant (P=0.058). The prevalence of ADHD according to the parents report was 17.3% (68.6% male, 31.4% female). according to our findings low birth weight is not a significant risk factor for ADHD, but there is an association between Male sex, history of admission to NICU, history of head trauma in infancy and ADHD.