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Table 2. Treatment effectiveness in different categories of emotional eating.

	NEE-1	LEE-2	EE-3	VEE-4	P	NEE	EE	P
						n = 385	n = 687
Parameters (could be Outcomes)	EEQ score classification (Four groups)					Clinical classification (Two groups) Or –Classification based on population median (two groups)
Subjects achieving weight goal (%)	43.5%	32.3%	28.9%	22.1%	<0.001	36.4%	26.5%	<0.001
Weight loss (% of initial weight)	9.13±0.48^a	8.17±0.35^a	8.04±0.28^a	6.47±0.61^b	0.009	8.45	7.44	0.007
Attrition (%)	28.8%	35.4%	35.2%	48.5%	0.007	38.9%	41.0%	0.291
Total weight loss (kg)	7.897±0.415^a	6.980±0.299^a	6.982±0.241^a	5.795±0.525^b	0.021	7.17±0.25	6.54±0.21	0.065

Note. EEQ = Emotional Eating Questionnaire; NEE-1 = Non-emotional eaters in four groups criterion (EEQ scores between 0–5); LEE-2 = Low emotional eaters in four groups criterion (EEQ scores between 6–10); EE-3 = Emotional eaters in four groups criterion (EEQ scores between 11–20); VEE-4 = Very emotional eaters in four groups criterion (EEQ scores between 21–30); NEE = Non-emotional eaters median (EEQ scores <11); EE = Emotional eaters in median criterion (EEQ scores ≥11); P = p-values after adjusting for age, sex, and initial BMI. Above – the word clinical implies that you treated them differently (although perhaps this will be your recommendation for the future, that they need different approaches).