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Table 2 Comparison of patients with ARFID vs AN

From: Inpatient hospital course and self-reported symptomatology in underweight adults with ARFID compared to age- and sex-matched controls with anorexia nervosa

Treatment course

ARFID (n = 69)

AN (n = 69)

  
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

p

Admission BMI

16.38 (1.85)

15.86 (1.91)

− 1.63

.106

Percent target weight (Admission)

79.39(8.68)

77.19(9.75)

− 1.36

1.74

Pounds from target weight

− 23.41 (11.42)

− 28.14 (12.54)

− 2.31

.022

Rate of weight gain (lbs per week)

3.04 (2.02)

4.09 (1.35)

3.59

 < .001

Length of stay (days)

31.43 (19.55)

34.51 (21.28)

.88

.379

Discharge BMI

19.14 (2.02)

20.01 (1.54)

2.79

.006

Admission characteristics

ARFID (n = 27)

AN (n = 27)

  
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

t

P

EDI-2 Drive for thinness

11.62 (3.48)

31.50 (10.45)

10.99

 < .001

EDI-2 Bulimia

9.82 (3.74)

15.64 (8.46)

3.84

 < .001

EDI-2 Body dissatisfaction

23.96 (6.52)

39.69 (1.79)

6.14

 < .001

EDRSQ—Normative eating self-efficacy

4.05 (.86)

2.06 (1.10)

− 7.76

 < .001

EDRSQ—Body image self-efficacy

3.68 (.74)

1.91 (.91)

− 7.82

 < .001

Desired BMI

20.46 (2.20)

17.41 (2.59)

− 2.70

.010

STAI-state anxiety

43.36 (14.47)

61.40 (11.08)

2.58

.017

STAI-trait anxiety

44.47 (12.61)

56.80 (13.36)

1.92

.068

BDI-Depression

20.69 (10.87)

30.11 (12.93)

2.84

.006

NEO—Neuroticism

23.85 (7.96)

33.26 (11.01)

3.58

 < .001

NEO—Extraversion

26.85 (8.18)

23.46 (6.91)

− 1.63

.110

NEO—Openness

31.15 (5.90)

28.03 (7.03)

− 1.75

.087

NEO—Agreeableness

33.37 (5.59)

31.42 (6.24)

− 1.19

.237

NEO—Conscientiousness

32.25 (8.49)

31.69 (7.63)

− .26

.800

  1. ARFID, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder; AN, anorexia nervosa; BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); EDI, Eating Disorder Inventory; EDSRQ, Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory