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Table 1 Demographics and clinical data

From: Multi-electrolyte disturbance and supplementation in severely malnourished hospitalized adolescents with restrictive eating disorders

 

Inpatients at 70–75% TGW (N = 52 unless stated otherwise)

Inpatients at < 70% TGW (N = 29

unless stated otherwise)

P value

N

Percent

Range

Mean (± SD)

N

Percent

Range

Mean (± SD)

Gender

      

 Female

46

88.5%

27

93.1%

 Male

5

9.6%

2

6.9%

 Transgender

1

1.9%

Race

   

 Caucasian

47

90.4%

  

23

79.3%

 Asian

3

5.8%

1

3.4%

 Not specified

2

3.8%

5

17.2%

Ethnicity

   

 Non-Hispanic/Latino

51

98.1%

  

24

82.8%

 Hispanic/Latino

1

1.9%

4

13.8%

 Not specified

  

1

3.4%

Diagnosis

   

 Anorexia nervosa

31

59.6%

18

62.1%

   

 Avoidant-restrictive

    

 Food intake disorder

2

3.8%

2

6.9%

 Unspecified eating disorder

19

36.5%

9

31.0%

Age (years)

  

11.6–25.2

17.8 (3.5)

  

12.4–24.6

17.0 (3.5)

0.327

Height (cm)

  

140–180

162.5 (8.8)

  

143–180

161.1 (11.0)

0.533

Admission weight (kg)

  

25–60.6

41.0 (5.9)

  

23.9–44.9

36.0 (5.8)

 < 0.001*

Admission TGW (kg)

  

34.6–82.6

56.7 (8.1)

  

35.3–70.2

55.0 (9.0)

0.381

%TGW on admission

  

70–74%

72.3% (1.3%)

  

55–69%

65.6% (3.2%)

 < 0.001*

Admission BMI (kg/m2)

  

12.6–19.7

15.5 (1.3)

  

11.3–17.1

13.8 (1.3)

 < 0.001*

BMI z-score

  

 − 4.9 to (− 0.15)

 − 2.6 (1.2)

  

 − 7.8 to (− 2)

 − 3.8 (1.6)

 < 0.001*

Percent of total weight lost since onset of restrictive behaviors

50

 

3.6–55%

23.8 (10.5)

  

6–40.5%

27.0 (9.3)

0.178

Duration of illness (months)

51

 

1–150

20.0 (33.5)

  

3–36

15.1 (9.9)

0.445

Amenorrhea (months)

23

 

2–27

7.2 (7.6)

16

 

0–24

7.8 (8.2)

0.816

Caloric intake prior to admission (kcal/day)

38

 

450–3500

1446 (757)

24

 

300–3500

1322 (706)

0.522

Initial inpatient caloric intake (kcal/day)

  

1250–4250

1856 (685)

  

1000–4000

1741 (621)

0.456

Caloric increase (kcal/day)

  

0–500

239 (79)

  

0–333.33

249 (62)

0.559

Length of admission (days)

  

2–17

7.8 (3.1)

  

2–24

11.2 (4.9)

 < 0.001*

Electrolyte derangements

14

26.9%

  

10

34.5%

   

 Potassium ≤ 3.5 mEq/L

9

64.2%

  

7

70.0%

   

 Phosphorous ≤ 3.0 mg/L

8

57.1%

  

6

60.0%

   

 Magnesium ≤ 1.4 mEq/L

0

0%

  

1

10.0%

   

Received electrolyte supplementation

4

7.6%

  

3

10.3%

   

Discharge caloric intake (kcal/day)

  

1750–4250

3370 (455)

  

2000–4250

3500 (551)

0.257

Discharge weight (kg)

  

27–62.9

43.7 (6.2)

  

27.2–52.1

40.0 (6.3)

0.012

Discharge %TGW

  

69–83%

77.1% (3.2%)

  

61–80%

72.9% (3.7%)

 < 0.001*

Overall change in percent of TGW

  

 − 1 to 10%

4.8% (2.9%)

  

 − 1 to 12%

7.3% (3.3%)

 < 0.001*

Discharge BMI

  

13.3–20.5

16.5 (1.5)

  

12.9–18.46

15.3 (1.4)

 < 0.001*

Overall change in BMI

  

 − 0.2 to 2.3

1.0 (0.6)

  

0–2.70

1.5 (0.7)

0.001

  1. *p < 0.001