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Table 3.

Energy intake and BMI according to the severity of the ED in preadolescence and in adolescence

		Females					Males
		Preadolescence		Adolescence		p-value	Preadolescence		Adolescence		p-value
		n	Median(IQR)	n	Median(IQR)		n	Median(IQR)	n	Median(IQR)
	Control^a	37	2305(678)	50	2266(804)	0.216	30	2601(650)	68	2610(1194)	0.347
	Risk^b	38	2193(599)	9	1871(780)	0.079	36	2554(734)	2	1913(-)	0.191
Energy intake (Kcal/day)	Diagnosis^c	20	2070(617)	36	1621(745)	0.058	10	2468(963)	6	2267(946)	0.588
	p-value^a-b		0.203		0.15			0.807		0.225
	adjusted p-value^a-b		0.406		0.3			1		0.45
	p-value^a-c		0.032		0.003			0.656		0.137
	adjusted p-value^a-c		0.064		0.006			1		0.274

BMI (kg/m²)	Control^a	36	18.6(4.2)	50	20.5(5)	0.001	30	14.3(3.9)	68	20.2(5)	0.002
	Risk^b	38	19.9(5.3)	9	24.9(11)	0.027	35	19.5(4.5)	2	23.9(-)	0.077
	Diagnosis^c	20	23.7(5.3)	36	23.5(6)	0.758	10	22.7(1.9)	6	24.5(3)	0.039
	p-value^a-b		0.016		0.007			0.276		0.174
	adjusted p-value^a-b		0.032		0.14			0.552		0.348
	p-value^a-c		<0.001		0.006			<0.001		0.006
	adjusted p-value^a-c		<0.001		0.012			<0.001		0.012

IQR: Interquartil range; adj.:adjusted; Diagnosis: any diagnosis; The adjusted p-value were corrected with the Bonferroni test (post-hoc comparisons between the 2 groups).