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Table 2 Characteristics of adolescents in a family-based intervention of 170 adolescents with restrictive eating disorders

From: Changes and predictive value for treatment outcome of the compulsive exercise test (CET) during a family-based intervention for adolescents eating disorders

 

EDE-Q global score at 1-year follow-up

ED at 1-year follow-up

<2.0

≥2.0

No ED

Persisting ED

n

125

45

99

71

At presentation

 Gender (M/F)

9/116

1/44

8/91

2/69

 Age (years)

14.9 ± 1.6

15.3 ± 1.4

15.1 ± 1.6

15.0 ± 1.5

 BMI SDS

−0.98 ± 1.21

− 0.45 ± 1.05

− 0.80 ± 1.23

−0.90 ± 1.14

 Weight loss (kg)

6.2 ± 5.3

7.0 ± 5.6

6.2 ± 5.6

6.7 ± 5.1

 Duration (months)

8.6 ± 7.1

9.9 ± 8.4

9.8 ± 8.0

7.8 ± 6.6

 Reporting vomiting

20 (16%)

9 (20%)

18 (18%)

11 (15%)

 Reporting exercise

99 (79%)

38 (84%)

80 (80%)

57 (80%)

 Depression

17 (14%)

11 (24%)

14 (14%)

14 (20%)

 Reported exercise frequency (days/week)

3.7 ± 2.0

3.6 ± 1.8

3.7 ± 1.9

3.2 ± 1.6

 CET avoidance and rule driven behaviour

2.4 ± 1.4

3.1 ± 1.2**

2.5 ± 1.4

2.7 ± 1.4

 CET weight control

2.8 ± 1.4

3.7 ± 1.0***

3.0 ± 1.3

3.2 ± 1.4

 CET mood regulation

3.5 ± 1.3

3.7 ± 1.0

3.5 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.3

 CET lack of exercise enjoyment

1.4 ± 1.1

1.4 ± 1.1

1.4 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 1.1

 CET exercise rigidity

2.6 ± 1.3

3.1 ± 1.1**

2.6 ± 1.2

2.8 ± 1.2

 EDE-Q global score

2.6 ± 1.7

3.7 ± 1.3***

2.8 ± 1.7

3.2 ± 1.6

 MADRS-S

16 ± 10

21 ± 9**

16 ± 10

19 ± 10

At 1-year follow-up

 BMISDS

0.03 ± 0.89

0.01 ± 1.05

0.13 ± 0.89

−0.12 ± 0.97

 Weight gain at 3 months (kg)

4.6 ± 3.1

2.1 ± 4.0***

4.7 ± 3.1

3.0 ± 3,7**

 Weight gain at 1 year (kg)

8.2 ± 4.58

4.7 ± 7.7***

8.0 ± 4.7

6.3 ± 6.8***

 Weight suppression (SDS)

0.35 ± 0.81

0.91 ± 0.95***

0.37 ± 0.81

0.68 ± 0.96

 Depression

9 (7%)

15 (33%)***

6 (6%)

18 (25%)**

 ED diagnoses (noED/AN/BN/OSFEDr)

96/1/1/27 (77/< 1/< 1/22%)

3/3/3/36*** (7/7/7/79%)

0/0/0/0

0/4/4/63*** (0/6/6/88%)

 Reported exercise frequency (days/week)

2.8 ± 1.5

3.1 ± 1.7

2.8 ± 1.4

2.9 ± 1.8

 CET avoidance and rule driven behavior

0.9 ± 0.9

3.1 ± 1.1***

0.9 ± 0.9

2.4 ± 1.4***

 CET weight control

1.1 ± 0.8

3.5 ± 1.2***

1.1 ± 0.9

2.6 ± 1.5***

 CET mood regulation

3.1 ± 3.4

3.7 ± 1.0**

3.2 ± 1.4

3.5 ± 1.2

 CET lack of exercise enjoyment

1.1 ± 1.2

1.4 ± 0.9

1.0 ± 1.1

1.4 ± 1.1

 CET exercise rigidity

1.8 ± 1.2

2.9 ± 1.2***

1.8 ± 1.2

2.5 ± 1.3**

 EDE-Q global score

0.7 ± 0.6

3.5 ± 0.9***

0.6 ± 0.6

2.5 ± 1.5***

 MADRS-S

7 ± 6

20 ± 10***

7 ± 6

16 ± 11***

  1. AN anorexia nervosa, BMI body mass index, BN (subthreshold) bulimia nervosa, CET compulsive exercise test, ED eating disorder, EDE-Q eating disorders examination-questionnaire, MADRS-S Montgomery-Åsberg depression rating scale – self report, OSFEDr other specified feeding and eating disorders – restrictive subtype, SDS standard deviation score
  2. Values are means ± SD. Significance of difference between recovered adolescents (EDE-Q < 2.0 or absence of an ED) and those with a persisting disease: ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 by Student’s t-test for continuous data and Chi-square test for categorical data