Table 4.

Influence of Medication on BMI, Key Eating Disorders Symptoms, and Eating Disorders Diagnoses

	Med	No med	P	AD	no AD	P	Stim	No Stim	P
N	43	17		26	34		28	32
BMI	26.8	30.2	0.09	26.9	28.4	0.31	26.6	28.8	0.13
Dread of becoming fat	61%	65%	1.0	62%	62%	1.0	61%	63%	1.0
Irresistible and persistent craving for food	72%	53%	0.23	81%	56%	0.06	71%	63%	0.59
Earlier episode of overeating	37%	53%	0.38	35%	47%	0.43	39%	44%	0.80
Actions to lose weight through purgation	2%	6%	0.49	4%	3%	1.0	0%	6%	0.49
Binge eating w/ sense of lack of control	40%	53%	0.40	42%	44%	1.0	39%	47%	0.61
Interference with activities due to eating problems	33%	24%	0.55	46%	18%	0.02	29%	31%	1.0
Diagnosis anorexia nervosa	2%	0%	1.0	4%	0%	0.4	4%	0%	0.047
Diagnosis bulimia nervosa	7%	6%	1.0	4%	9%	0.63	7%	6%	1.0
Diagnosis EDNOS	9%	29%	0.1	12%	18%	0.72	11%	19%	0.48

BMI refers to body mass index; Med, medication; AD, antidepressants; Stim, stimulants; EDNOS, eating disorder not otherwise specified.