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Table 1 Sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of the sample

From: Birth-related, medical, and diagnostic characteristics in younger versus older children with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)

 

Total sample (n = 51)

Age group 0–5 years (n = 23)

Age group 6–17 years (n = 28)

Test

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Child sociodemographics

 Age, years, M (SD)

7.49 (5.44)

2.35 (1.82)

11.71 (3.33)

t(49) = − 12.065

 < 0.001

3.396

 Sex, female, n (%)

23 (45.10)

7 (30.40)

16 (57.10)

Fisher’s exact test

0.090

0.267

 Nationality, German, n (%)a

43 (100.00)

18 (100.00)

25 (100.00)

–

–

–

Child anthropometrics (objective), M (SD)

 Height, cm

120.00 (34.29)

88.73 (17.44)

145.68 (20.31)

t(49) = − 10.610

 < 0.001

2.986

 Weight, kg

23.86 (14.78)

11.87 (5.19)

33.71 (12.63)

t(37.32) = − 8.333

 < 0.001

2.184

 BMI-SDS

− 1.53 (1.02)

− 1.25 (1.11)

− 1.76 (0.89)

t(49) = 1.812

0.076

0.513

Child weight status, n (%)b

   

χ2(2) = 4.297

0.117

0.290

 Severe underweight

21 (41.20)

6 (26.10)

15 (53.60)

   

 Underweight

12 (23.50)

6 (26.10)

6 (21.40)

   

 Normal weight

18 (35.3)

11 (47.80)

7 (25.00)

   

Child treatment-setting status, n (%)

   

Fisher’s exact test

0.404

0.136

 Inpatient treatment

26 (51.00)

10 (43.50)

16 (57.10)

   

 Outpatient treatment

25 (49.00)

13 (56.50)

12 (42.90)

   

Parent sociodemographics

      

 Age, years, M (SD)

37.76 (7.01)

33.24 (3.72)

40.96 (7.07)

t(36.46) = − 4.537

 < 0.001

1.329

 Sex, female, n (%)a

38 (74.50)

17 (100.00)

21 (87.50)

Fisher’s exact test

0.254

0.236

 High education (≥ 12 school years), n (%)a

21 (51.22)

8 (47.10)

13 (54.20)

Fisher’s exact test

0.756

0.070

 Marital status, n (%)a

   

χ2(2) = 0.437

0.804

0.103

  Single

10 (24.39)

5 (29.40)

5 (20.80)

   

  Married

28 (68.29)

11 (64.70)

17 (70.80)

   

  Separated

3 (7.31)

1 (5.90)

2 (8.30)

   

  Widowed

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

   

 BMI (kg/m2, subjective), M (SD)

25.21 (6.39)

24.90 (7.04)

25.45 (6.00)

t(40) = − 0.268

0.790

0.085

  1. BMI body mass index (kg/m2), SDS standard deviation score
  2. aDue to missing data, values may not sum up to N = 51 (100%)
  3. bChild weight status was determined by German reference data classifying severe underweight (BMI-SDS ≤ − 1.88), underweight (− 1.88 < BMI-SDS ≤ − 1.28), normal weight (− 1.28 < BMI-SDS < 1.28) [47]
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Journal of Eating Disorders

ISSN: 2050-2974