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Table 1 Papers meeting the inclusion criteria

From: A review of feeding methods used in the treatment of anorexia nervosa

Author

Study design

Method

Sample size

Age (years)

Admission BMI (kg/m2)

Discharge BMI (kg/m2)

Change in weight (kg)

Length of stay (days)

Prescribed energy intake (kCal)

N = 26

n = 26

n = 37

n = 37

n = 31

n = 31

n = 24

n = 31

n = 27

n = 16

Castro-Fornieles, [10]

Observational

Food

49

14.4

15.5

18.4

8.7

29.8

-

Castro, [17]

Observational

Food

101

14.9

15.9

-

6.3

31.2

-

Courterier, [18]

Chart review

NG + food

12

15.7

-

-

5.5

78.0

-

Dalle Grave, [19]

Chart review

Food

35

22.3

12.6

-

10.1

92.4

-

Diamanti, [8]

Chart review

PN + food

104

14.9

14.3

15.6

3.1

30.7

2175

Food

94

15.2

16.0

16.3

1.2

15.6

2078

Garber, [20]

Observational

SUP + food

35

16.2

16.3

-

2.4

16.7

2668

Gentile, [21]

Observational

NG + food

33

22.8

11.3

13.5

5.4

-

1736

Gentile, [22]

Chart review

NG + food

75

16.8

12.6

18.3

14.9

-

-

Hart, [23]

Observational

SUP + food

96

-

15.1

16.9

4.2

48.7

2520

Food

318

-

16.6

17.8

3.3

38.0

1980

Imbierowicz, [7]

Chart review

SUP + food

42

24.8

15.2

-

5.2

72.8

-

Food

42

23.7

15.3

-

3.5

82.6

-

Krahn, [24]

Observational

Food

10

-

15.4

19.4

10.4

-

3600

Lay, [25]

Chart review

Food

40

15.2

13.6

17.2

9.4

141.0

-

Lund, [26]

Prospective

NG + food

79

21.6

16.3

20.8

12.2

103.4

-

Neiderman, [27]

Survey

NG + food

19

13.6

15.4

17.5

-

-

-

Okamoto, [28]

Observational

SUP + food

21

20.5

13.5

16.7

-

108.9

-

Food 1

7

18.4

12.9

15.7

-

149.0

-

Food 2

7

18.2

14.5

16.0

-

70.4

-

Ornstein, [29]

Chart review

NG + food

69

15.5

15.0

16.9

4.9

25.6

-

Ostuzzi, [30]

Observational

SUP + food

53

24.7

-

-

6.2

101.9

-

Pertushuk, [31]

Chart review

PN + food

23

25.4

-

-

2.5

62.6

-

Food

136

23.8

-

-

1.1

29.6

-

Rigaud, [32]

RCT

NG + food

19

-

15.8

17.4

-

-

1832

Food

17

-

16.2

16.6

-

-

1642

Rigaud, [9]

RCT

NG + food

41

22.5

12.1

17.9

9.6

-

-

Food

40

24.2

12.8

15.9

5.0

-

-

Robb, [33]

Chart review

NG + food

52

14.8

15.5

17.5

5.4

22.3

3255

Food

48

15.0

16.0

16.8

2.4

22.1

2508

Silber, [34]

Chart review

NG + food

6

13.8

15.3

19.1

10.9

36.0

4350

Food

8

14.9

17.4

18.5

3.8

39.9

3400

Stordy, [35]

Observational

Food

11

19.9

-

-

12.8

-

2800

Tonoike, [36]

Chart review

PN + food

46

21.0

12.7

17.2

11.1

63.5

-

Walker, [37]

Observational

SUP + food

29

-

-

-

8.4

-

-

Zeurcher, [38]

Chart review

NG + food

155

25.7

14.2

-

8.1

61.0

3035

  

Food

226

25.2

15.7

-

5.7

48.3

2815

  1. Food = Food only; SUP = High-energy liquid supplements; NG = Nasogastric feeding; PN = Parenteral nutrition; RCT = Randomised controlled trial.