Potential effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication on body height and body weight in a longitudinal pediatric cohort study, the LIFE Child study

Purpose: To investigate the potential impact of drugs for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on body weight and height in children and adolescents from the LIFE (‘Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases’, Leipzig, Germany) Child cohort. Methods: We included 2,115 participants aged ≥6 to <18.25 years who attended the LIFE study center between 2011 and 2020 in our analysis, of whom 48 used ADHD drugs. Anthropometric and medication data from baseline to the...

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