Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of child and adolescent avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) outpatients.

Characteristic	N	N = 261a
Patient biological sex	261
Male		128 (49%)
Female		133 (51%)
Age in years	253
Mean (SD)		12.2 (4.1)
Median (IQR)		12.7 (9.2 to 15.8)
Range		2.9, 17.8
Skewness		−0.45
Kurtosis		−0.92
Comorbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis	261
No ASD diagnosis		127 (49%)
Suspected ASD		60 (23%)
ASD		74 (28%)
BMI-for-age z-score	242
Mean (SD)		−1.05 (1.63)
Median (IQR)		−1.07 (−2.25 to −0.01)
Range		−6.75, 4.07
Skewness		0.07
Kurtosis		0.22
A1: weight loss or difficulty maintaining weight/growth	221
No		51 (23%)
Yes		170 (77%)
A2: nutritional deficiency	184
No		122 (66%)
Yes		62 (34%)
A3: enteral feeding or oral supplement	221
No		134 (61%)
Yes		87 (39%)
A4: psychosocial impairment	191
No		52 (27%)
Yes		139 (73%)

BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.

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