Table 1 Participant Characteristics at Intake
Participant characteristic | FBT-PC (n = 15) | Standard FBT (n = 15) | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean | median | IQR | SD | mean | median | IQR | SD | ||
Age (years) | 14.7 | 15 | 2 | 1.9 | 15.7 | 16 | 3 | 2.0 | .13 |
Highest historical BMI percentile | 83.3 | 87 | 17 | 12.0 | 73.1 | 80 | 32 | 22.0 | .13 |
BMI percentile at intake | 53.4 | 57.0 | 46.6 | 26.2 | 44.2 | 48.6 | 46.8 | 24.1 | .34 |
Duration of illness (months) | 14.5 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11.2 | .27 |
Rate of weight loss (kg/month) | 1.2 | .8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | .44 |
Weight suppression (kg) | 9.5 | 10 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 8 | 12.5 | 8.2 | .62 |
PHQ-9 score | 8.6 | 7 | 13 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 9 | 12 | 6.5 | .82 |
Participant characteristic | n | % | n | % | p-value | ||||
% female | 12 | 80 | 13 | 86.7 | 0.62 | ||||
% white | 11 | 73 | 14 | 93 | .14 | ||||
Purging symptoms | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26.7 | .03 | ||||
Comorbid diagnosis (%) | 10 | 66 | 10 | 66 | 1.0 | ||||
Psychiatric medications | 6 | 40 | 6 | 40 | 1.0 | ||||
Prior hospitalization | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 1.0 | ||||