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Table 5 Weight change per week in kg before versus after antipsychotics: within-group comparison and between-group comparison

From: Antipsychotic effects on anthropometric outcomes in anorexia nervosa: a retrospective chart review of hospitalized children and adolescents

 

Weight change before antipsychotic administration, kg/week

Weight change after antipsychotic administration, kg/week

Wilcoxon-test

n2

Mdn (Q1,Q3)

Mdn (Q1,Q3)

W

p

Weight change per week in kg before versus after antipsychotics: within-group comparison

With antipsychotics (n = 31)

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

0.3 (0.1, 0.4)

− 0.6

0.531

12.2

Without antipsychotics (n = 176)

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)

0.5 (0.3, 0.6)

− 0.3

0.761

12.0

Matched sample with antipsychotics (n = 31)

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

0.3 (0.1, 0.4)

− 0.6

0.531

12.1

Matched sample without antipsychotics (n = 31)

0.4 (0.3, 0.5)

0.4 (0.3, 0.5)

− 0.8

0.433

12.1

 

With antipsychotics

(n = 31)

Without

antipsychotics

(n = 176)

Mann–Whitney

U-test

Cohens d

Matched sample

Mann–Whitney

U-test

Cohens d

With antipsychotics

(n = 31)

Without

antipsychotics

(n = 31)

Mdn (Q1,Q3)

Mdn (Q1,Q3)

Z

U

p

Mdn (Q1,Q3)

Mdn

(Q1,Q3)

Z

U

p

Weight change per week in kg before versus after antipsychotics: between-group comparison

Weight change before antipsychotics administration, kg/week*

0.3 (0.2,0.4)

0.4 (0.3,0.6)

− 3.8

1552.0

 < 0.001*

0.5

0.3 (0.2,0.4)

0.4 (0.3,0.5)

− 2.0

343.0

0.053

0.5

Weight change after antipsychotics administration, kg/week*

0.3 (0.1,0.4)

0.5 (0.3,0.6)

− 3.6

1623.0

 < 0.001*

0.5

0.3 (0.1,0.4)

0.4(0.3,0.5)

− 2.7

287.0

0.006*

0.7

  1. Note. IQR = interquartile range, Mdn = median, artificial median split at treatment week 5 for the group without antipsychotics, * p < 0.05