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Table 2 Patients’ characteristics

From: Validation of a childhood eating disorder outcome scale

 

Total cases

AN

ARFID

At the first visit

 N (M:F ratio)

131 (10:121)

89 (3:86)

38 (7:31)

 Mean age, y (range)

12.5 (5.5–15.5)

12.9 (9.1–15.5)

11.6 (5.5–14.8)

 Mean BMI-SDS (range)

−3.5 (−8.7–0.1)

−3.7 (−7.8–0.1)

−3.3 (− 8.7−−1.1)

 Mean outcome score (range)

13.3 (4–23)

14.6 (6–23)

10.4 (5–18)

 Mean ChEAT26 (SD)

21.4 (15.0)

25.6 (15.4)

11.6 (8.6)

At the 12-month follow-up

 Mean BMI-SDS (range)

−1.6 (−7.7–1.5)

−1.5 (− 7.7–1.5)

− 1.6 (−6.4–0.1)

 Mean outcome score (range)

6.2 (0–21)

6.8 (0–21)

4.4 (0–14)

 Mean ChEAT26 (SD)

12.3 (12.3)

14.4 (13.3)

7.8 (8.9)

  1. AN anorexia nervosa, ARFID avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, y years, BMI-SDS body mass index-standard deviation score, ChEAT26 children’s version of the Eating Attitude Test-26 items, SD standard deviation