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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Causal Inference. 2018 May 18;6(2):20160029. doi: 10.1515/jci-2016-0029

Table 6: List of variables in the Early Dieting in Girls study.

Variable Set Description Variables
Set 1 Only related to T mother’s baseline depression, self-esteem, satisfaction of current body, perceived competence in eating scale (effort, importance), perceived overweight subscale score, disinhibition score, hunger score, restraint score; girl’s baseline disinhibition score.

Set 2 Only related to Y mother’s baseline satisfaction with girl’s body, mother’s opinion of body characteristic inheritance, report of girl’s overall pubertal development, restriction subscale score; girl’s baseline BMI Z-score, overall total body esteem, overweight based on NCHS 2000, overall weight-related teasing

Set 3 Related to T and Y (real confounders) mother’s baseline BMI, currently dieting to lose weight, overall weight, perception of current size, external locus of control, role overload, total weight-related teasing, weight concerns subscale score.