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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the entire cohort ( N = 941) and eating disorder status

From: The HOPE (Helping to Outline Paediatric Eating Disorders) Project: development and debut of a paediatric clinical eating disorder registry

 

N

Entire cohort

Sex (female)

941

852 (90.5%)

Age, M ± SD [range]

941

14.34 ± 2.02 [4.25,17.92]

 <12 yrs

 

111 (11.8%)

 12-14 yrs

 

207 (22.0%)

 14- 16 yrs

 

455 (48.4%)

 >16 yrs

 

168 (17.9%)

Rural residence

915

152 (16.6%)

Parents at residence

822

 

 Biological parents

 

531 (64.6%)

 Mother and stepfather

 

149 (18.1%)

 Single mother

 

112 (13.6%)

 Other

 

30 (3.6%)

Eating disorder status

941

 

 No eating disorder

 

256 (27.2%)

 DSM-IV eating disorder

 

685 (72.8%)

  1. Estimates are n (%) unless otherwise indicated. N column is total number with valid (i.e., non-missing) data.