diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e3d349f78..d54c3a2aa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
+* Fixed a bug in `get_ard_statistics()` where the `.attributes` argument attached the values of the first columns of the ARD, rather than the values of the columns named in the argument. (#611, @alanahjonas95)
+
 * Fixed a bug in `print.compare_ard()` where the rows present in `x` but not in `y` were announced and then not printed. (#605, @malanbos)
 
 * `print.compare_ard()` now prints its tables through the ARD print method rather than coercing them with `as.data.frame()`. Scalar list-column values (e.g. `group1_level`, `variable_level`, `stat`) are shown rather than collapsed, and long tables are truncated with the withheld row count reported in the footer. (#605)
diff --git a/R/get_ard_statistics.R b/R/get_ard_statistics.R
index 1c378a7ad..253ea1c97 100644
--- a/R/get_ard_statistics.R
+++ b/R/get_ard_statistics.R
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ get_ard_statistics <- function(x,
 #' cards:::.create_list_for_attributes(ard, c("group1", "group1_level"), 1)
 .create_list_for_attributes <- function(ard_subset, attributes, i) {
   ret <- list()
-  for (attr in seq_along(attributes)) {
+  for (attr in attributes) {
     ret <- c(ret, list(ard_subset[[attr]][[i]]))
   }
   stats::setNames(ret, nm = attributes)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/get_ard_statistics.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/get_ard_statistics.md
index 0434f933a..3db8d997b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/get_ard_statistics.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/get_ard_statistics.md
@@ -18,27 +18,21 @@
 
     Code
       get_ard_statistics(ard, group1_level %in% "Placebo", variable_level %in%
-      "65-80", .attributes = c("warning", "error"))
+      "65-80", .attributes = "stat_label")
     Output
       $n
       [1] 42
-      attr(,"warning")
-      [1] "ARM"
-      attr(,"error")
-      [1] "Placebo"
+      attr(,"stat_label")
+      [1] "n"
       
       $N
       [1] 86
-      attr(,"warning")
-      [1] "ARM"
-      attr(,"error")
-      [1] "Placebo"
+      attr(,"stat_label")
+      [1] "N"
       
       $p
       [1] 0.4883721
-      attr(,"warning")
-      [1] "ARM"
-      attr(,"error")
-      [1] "Placebo"
+      attr(,"stat_label")
+      [1] "%"
       
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-get_ard_statistics.R b/tests/testthat/test-get_ard_statistics.R
index 570d8791d..6bafb3d95 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-get_ard_statistics.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-get_ard_statistics.R
@@ -14,7 +14,23 @@ test_that("get_ard_statistics() works", {
       ard,
       group1_level %in% "Placebo",
       variable_level %in% "65-80",
-      .attributes = c("warning", "error")
+      .attributes = "stat_label"
+    )
+  )
+
+  # attributes are taken from the requested columns, not by column position
+  expect_equal(
+    get_ard_statistics(
+      ard,
+      group1_level %in% "Placebo",
+      variable_level %in% "65-80",
+      .attributes = c("stat_label", "stat_name")
+    ) |>
+      lapply(attributes),
+    list(
+      n = list(stat_label = "n", stat_name = "n"),
+      N = list(stat_label = "N", stat_name = "N"),
+      p = list(stat_label = "%", stat_name = "p")
     )
   )
 })