Category of variable | Specific variable and expected direction in terms of predicting better outcome |
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Life and social history | Less child maltreatment |
Better social adjustment | |
Being male | |
History of present illness | Older age of onset |
Shorter duration of illness | |
Less prior treatments | |
Present illness: symptomatology | Higher baseline body mass index |
Less frequent binge/purge behaviours | |
Lower levels of comorbid psychopathology | |
Less days of inpatient hospitalization for the purpose of medical stabilization during the treatment trial | |
Use of adjunctive treatment over the follow-up period | |
Higher number of outpatient sessions |