. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 2.

Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2008 Mar 10;46(5):581–592. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.02.004

Table 2.

Primary outcomes: abstinence rates and binge eating and purging rates by group from EDE interview

Outcome variable	Treatment group
	FTF-CBT								TV-CBT
	Baseline (n = 66)		End of Tx (n = 39)		3-month FU (n = 35)		12-month FU (n = 25)		Baseline (n = 62)		End of Tx (n = 41)		3-month FU (n = 37)		12-month FU (n = 27)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Abstinence: LOCF
OBE	10	15.2	33	50.0	33	50.0	35	53.0	17	27.4	31	50.0	30	48.4	29	46.8
Purging^a	6	9.1	24	36.4	22	33.3	23	34.8	4	6.5	19	30.6	14	22.6	16	25.8
OBE and Purging^a	1	1.5	19	28.8	17	25.8	19	28.8	2	3.2	17	27.4	13	21.0	14	22.6
Abstinence: BOCF
OBE	10	15.2	33	50.0	29	43.9	26	39.4	17	27.4	31	50.0	28	45.2	26	41.9
Purging^a	6	9.1	24	36.4	19	28.8	17	25.8	4	6.5	19	30.6	14	22.6	16	25.8
OBE & Purging^a	1	1.5	19	28.8	14	21.2	13	19.7	2	3.2	17	27.4	13	21.0	13	21.0
Abstinence: completer
OBE	10	15.2	27	69.2	23	65.7	18	72.0	17	27.4	23	56.1	19	51.4	13	48.1
Purging^a	6	9.1	21	53.8	17	48.6	14	56.0	4	6.5	17	41.5	12	32.4	14	50.0
OBE and Purging^a	1	1.5	18	46.2	13	37.1	12	48.0	2	3.2	15	36.5	11	29.7	11	40.7
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
OBE episodes	21.9	27.3	3.7	11.2	5.1	11.5	6.6	14.9	19.1	24.7	6.2	12.3	6.5	12.3	11.8	21.8
Purging episodes	35.6	34.1	5.6	12.5	8.7	16.5	8.2	17.8	36.8	34.7	11.1	19.0	10.7	17.9	19.4	34.0

Abstinence: no behaviors reported in previous 28 days based upon EDE interview. OBE: objective binge-eating episode; LOCF: last observation carried forward; BOCF: baseline observation carried forward.

Purging is defined as vomiting, laxative abuse, and diuretic abuse.