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Table 7 Comparison of treatment goal body mass index using birth-assigned sex growth charts and gender-affirmed/alternative growth charts

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

Age

Sex assigned at birth

Gender identity

Treatment goal BMI based on sex assigned at birth growth curves

Treatment goal BMI based on gender-affirmed/alternative growth curves

p-value

     

0.204

14 years 10 months

Female

Male

19.8

19.7

 

12 years 6 months

Female

Non-binary

18.2

18.1

 

13 years 9 months

Female

Non-binary

21.5

21.0

 

14 years 6 months

Female

Male

22.0

21.6

 

16 years 5 months

Male

Female

20.8

20.6

 

13 years 5 months

Female

Other

18.9

18.7

 

12 years 8 months

Female

Other

20.7

20.2

 

16 years 2 months

Male

Female

29.0

27.6

 

14 years 10 months

Male

Female

26.6

27.9

 

12 years 5 months

Female

Male

23.3

22.4

 
  

Average

22.0

21.8

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