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Table 3 Descriptive statistics and Poisson regression results comparing number of unique psychiatric medications between ages 10–19 by demographic characteristics

From: Characterizing psychopharmacological prescribing practices in a large cohort of adolescents with borderline personality disorder

 

N

mean

sd

median

b

exp(b)

se

t

p

Gender

 Girl (reference)

1589

3.42

2.41

3.0

     

 Boy

320

3.58

2,53

3.0

.04

1.05

.04

1.06

.29

 Not reported

3

1.33

0.58

1.0

     

Race

 American Indian or Alaska Native

8

3.38

1.30

3.0

-0.05

0.95

0.25

-0.19

.85

 Asian

22

3.45

2.67

2.0

-0.02

0.98

0.15

-0.16

.87

 Black or African American

435

3.70

2.31

3.0

0.04

1.05

0.04

1.12

.26

 Multiracial

10

4.60

2.01

4.0

0.26

1.30

0.19

1.35

.18

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

69

2.97

2.01

2.0

-0.18

0.84

0.09

-1.96

.06

 White (reference)

946

3.54

2.57

3.0

     

 Asked but unknown

1

5.00

n/a

5.0

n/a

    

 Not reported

421

3.01

2.21

2.0

n/a

    

Ethnicity

 Latinx

299

3.51

2.61

3.0

-0.1

0.87

0.05

-2.89

 < .001

 Not Latinx (reference)

747

4.03

2.66

3.0

     

 Asked but unknown

1

8.00

n/a

8.0

n/a

    

 Not reported

866

2.91

2.00

2.0

n/a

    
  1. Poisson Regression did not include “Asked but unknown” and “Not Reported” groups