TABLE 1.
Baseline demographic, anthropometric, and psychosocial characteristics of adolescent girls in IPT and HE groups1
| Variable | Total (n = 113) | IPT (n = 55) | HE (n = 58) | P |
| Age (y) | 14.5 ± 1.72 | 14.2 ± 1.5 | 14.8 ± 1.7 | 0.05 |
| Race-ethnicity ( %) | 0.84 | |||
| Non-Hispanic black | 23.9 | 25.5 | 22.4 | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 56.6 | 52.7 | 60.3 | |
| Hispanic | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.6 | |
| Other | 10.6 | 12.7 | 8.6 | |
| Socioeconomic status3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.80 |
| BMI | 27.0 ± 2.5 | 26.9 ± 2.6 | 27.1 ± 2.4 | 0.63 |
| BMI z score | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 0.65 |
| BMI percentile | 92.2 ± 4.7 | 92.4 ± 4.6 | 92.2 ± 4.4 | 0.79 |
| Body fat percentage | 36.5 ± 5.1 | 36.5 ± 5.0 | 36.4 ± 5.3 | 0.97 |
| LOC episodes | 6.2 (5.6, 6.9)4 | 4.7 (4.1, 5.4) | 8.0 (6.9, 9.2) | 0.01 |
| Binge episodes | 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) | 0.8 (0.6, 1.1) | 0.05 |
| Binge presence (%) | 31.9 | 25.5 | 37.9 | 0.17 |
| Social adjustment | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 0.21 |
| Depressive symptoms | 10.6 ± 6.6 | 10.1 ± 6.9 | 11.2 ± 6.3 | 0.36 |
| Anxiety symptoms | 34.1 ± 6.8 | 33.3 ± 7.1 | 34.9 ± 6.3 | 0.20 |
1
t Tests were used to analyze all continuous variables, and chi-square tests were used to analyze all categorical variables. HE, health education; IPT, interpersonal psychotherapy; LOC, loss of control.
2
Mean ± SD (all such values).
3
All values are medians.
4
Geometric mean of log-transformed scores; 95% CI in parentheses (all such values).