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  • Kasumi@lemmy.worldtoADHD@lemmy.worldADHD has real health effects
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    9 months ago

    Okay so lol.

    The study effectively says, in an extreme TLDR;

    A group of boys with ADHD - now men - were followed into adulthood and this data was then calculated.

    If you remove the likelihood of accidental death via extreme risk taking (poor safety adherence in sports, etc) and substance abuse, you’re accounting for a five year difference.

    This article wasn’t interesting at all because a basic logical conclusion would tell anyone that if you’re amongst a group with more risk taking, you’ll have a higher than average mortality rate.

    The more interesting bit, is why is there a 5 year difference if you account for all those variables? Is that even an appropriate statistic to then use? Shrug, I find these types of articles are…almost hilariously self-defeating. Just pure doomerism for folks with ADHD that hate themselves for it.