Attributes of children and adolescents with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

Table 4 Psychiatric measures of participants with AN/Atypical AN, and ARFID (n = 193)

	AN or Atypical AN (n = 87)	ARFID (n = 106)	OR or Mean Difference	p ^a
	M (SD) or n (%)	M (SD) or n (%)	OR or Mean Difference	p ^a
Diagnoses
Psychiatric comorbidity (any DSM-V diagnosis)	53 (60.92)	79 (74.53)	1.88	.04
ADHD	1 (1.15)	25 (23.58)	26.54	< .0001^b
Autism	1 (1.15)	6 (5.66)	5.16	.13^b
Depressive Disorder^c	42 (48.28)	20 (18.87)	0.25	< .0001
Anxiety Disorder^d	41 (47.13)	61 (57.55)	1.52	.15
Eating Disorder Examination^e
Global score	2.56 (1.58)	0.30 (0.34)	2.25	< .0001
Restraint	2.83 (1.77)	0.29 (0.59)	2.55	< .0001
Eating concerns	1.66 (1.52)	0.32 (0.55)	1.33	< .0001
Shape concerns	2.61 (1.83)	0.33 (0.53)	2.28	< .0001
Weight concerns	3.11 (1.95)	0.27 (0.43)	2.85	< .0001
Parent Report
CBCL Internalizing T-Score^f	63.56 (10.22)	61.84 (11.53)	1.73	.34
Self-Report Measures
vSelf-harm/ Suicidal ideation (MiniKid)^f	10 (15.63)	8 (10.00)	0.60	.31
Children’s Depression Inventory (Total T Score)^f	61.97 (14.59)	53.18 (10.56)	7.87	< .0001
Rosenberg Self-Esteem^f	15.19 (7.85)	21.85 (6.06)	−6.66	< .0001
Beck Anxiety Inventory Total Score^e	16.07 (11.50)	10.17 (9.24)	5.90	.001
Clinical Impairment Assessment^e	22.39 (13.03)	10.15 (8.98)	11.24	< .0001
Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire^e	25.75 (6.85)	19.38 (4.84)	6.37	< .0001

^aAnalyzed using Pearson’s Chi-square test or for categorical variables or independent t-tests for continuous variables. ^b Due to small cell count, analyzed using Fischer’s Exact test. ^c Patient is considered to have diagnosis of depression if they were diagnosed with Dysthymia, Major Depressive Disorder, Other Specified Depressive Disorder, and/or Unspecified Depression. ^d Patient is considered to have an anxiety diagnosis consists if they were diagnosed with OCD, PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Other Specified Anxiety Disorder, and/or Unspecified Anxiety. ^e Restricted to patients age ≥ 12 (for AN: n = 81, for ARFID: n = 63) and existing values for EDE subscales, BAI, CIA, and BAI (for AN: n = 75, for ARFID: n = 53). ^f Removed missing values for internalizing t-score, self-harm, total t-score, and RSE (for AN: 23 excluded, for ARFID: 26 excluded)

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