Table 1 Descriptive and clinical characteristics of children/adolescents with eating disorders for all potential outcomes by accessibility classification
| Â | Highly accessible (N= 295) | Accessible (N= 61) | Moderately accessible, remote and very remote (N= 43) | Total (N= 399) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (yrs), M (SD) | 14.47 (1.57) | 14.70 (1.42) | 14.32 (1.46) | 14.49 (1.54) |
Female, n | 277 (93.8%) | 52 (85.2%) | 39 (90.7%) | 368 (92.2%) |
DSM -5 diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Anorexia nervosa | 109 (36.9%) | 23 (37.7%) | 25 (58.1%) | 157 (39.3%) |
 Other specified feeding or eating disorder | 94 (31.8%) | 15 (24.6%) | 6 (14.0%) | 115 (28.8%) |
 Unspecified feeding or eating disorder | 70 (23.6%) | 15 (24.6%) | 11 (25.6%) | 96 (24.1%) |
 Bulimia nervosa | 21 (7.1%) | 8 (13.1%) | 1 (2.3%) | 30 (7.5%) |
 Binge eating disorder | 1 (0.3%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.3%) |
Age of onset (yrs), M (SD) | 13.61 (1.67) | 13.72 (1.56) | 13.52 (1.65) | 13.62 (1.65) |
Illness duration (mths), median ± IQR [range] | 8.00 ± 5-12 [1, 48] | 9.00 ± 6-18 [1,36] | 6.00 ± 4-9 [2,78] | 8.00 ± 5-12 [1,78] |
BMI z-score, M (SD) | -1.38 (1.41) | -1.45 (1.59) | -2.29 (1.32) | -1.49 (1.45) |
Percentage of body weight lost, M (SD) | 16.35 (10.85) | 17.50 (10.89) | 19.82 (11.33) | 16.90 (10.93) |
Medical complications, n | 101 (34.2%) | 23 (37.7%) | 25 (58.1%) | 149 (37.3%) |
 Bradycardia | 70 (23.7%) | 14 (23.0%) | 17 (39.5%) | 101 (25.3%) |
 Hypotension | 32 (10.8%) | 8 (13.1%) | 8 (18.6%) | 48 (12.0%) |
 Hypothermia | 12 (4.1%) | 0 | 4 (9.3%) | 16 (4.0%) |
 Poor peripheral perfusion | 27 (9.2%) | 7 (11.5%) | 10 (23.3%) | 44 (11.0%) |
EDE-restraint | 3.36 (1.73) | 3.51 (1.6) | 3.08 (2) | 3.35 (1.74) |
EDE eating concern | 2.52 (1.66) | 2.58 (1.68) | 1.98 (1.49) | 2.47 (1.65) |
EDE shape concern | 3.45 (1.86) | 3.66 (1.72) | 3.05 (1.92) | 3.44 (1.85) |
EDE weight concern | 3 (1.86) | 2.99 (1.64) | 2.58 (1.75) | 2.95 (1.82) |
EDE global score | 3.08 (1.63) | 3.19 (1.43) | 2.67 (1.66) | 3.05 (1.60) |