Entropy-Based Quantitative Electroencephalogram Analysis for Diagnosing Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Girls.

This study detailed the development of a method based on approximate entropy (ApEn) analysis of EEG to compare ADHD and control groups. Differences between ADHD presentation in boys and girls indicate the necessity of separate investigations. This study enrolled 30 girls with ADHD and 30 age-matched controls. The results revealed significantly higher ApEn values in most brain areas in the control group than in the ADHD group. Compared with TBR-related feature descriptors, ApEn-related feature descriptors can produce the higher average true positive rate (0.846), average true negative rate (0.814), average accuracy (0.817), and average area under the receiver operating characteristic curve value (0.862). Therefore, compared with TBR, ApEn possessed the better potential for differentiating between girls with ADHD and controls. PMID: 30497294 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical EEG and Neuroscience - November 29, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Chow JC, Ouyang CS, Tsai CL, Chiang CT, Yang RC, Wu RC, Wu HC, Lin LC Tags: Clin EEG Neurosci Source Type: research