Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

	Childhood Onset n=22	Later Onset n=67	p
Age	32.9 (1.8)	36.4 (1.2)	ns
Education	14.3 (0.5)	13.8 (0.3)	ns
Race (% Caucasian)	77.3%	82.1%	ns
Age 1st had weight problem	7.9 (0.9)	22.4 (1.3)	n/a (grouping variable)
Current BMI	36.9 (2.0)	29.6 (0.5)	.001
Depression (CES-D Score)	15.3 (2.0)	13 (1.3)	ns
Anxiety (STAI-Trait Score)	42.1 (2.0)	41.5 (1.5)	ns

Data are presented as M (SEM) or percentages, as appropriate