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Table 5 Comparison of percent median body mass index using birth-assigned sex and gender-affirmed/alternative growth charts in those with anorexia nervosa

From: Transgender and other gender diverse adolescents with eating disorders requiring medical stabilization

Age

Sex assigned at birth

Gender identity

Percent mBMI based on sex assigned at birth growth curves

Percent mBMI based on gender-affirmed/alternative growth curves

P-value

     

0.0031

12 years 6 months

Female

Non-binary

85.3

86.3

 

13 years 5 months

Female

Other

84.1

85.5

 

13 years 9 months

Female

Non-binary

89.6

90.5

 

14 years 10 months

Female

Male

82.8

83.7

 
  

Average

85.5

86.5

 
  1. Bold indicates P < 0.05