TABLE 3:

Changes in Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2) and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 (TFEQ-R18) scores, weight, body mass index (BMI), and BMI Z-score in oligo-amenorrheic athletes randomized to transdermal 17β-estradiol with cyclic progesterone (PATCH), oral ethinyl estradiol and desogestrel (PILL), or no estrogen (E−)

Changes over 12 months	PATCH	PILL	E−	Overall comparison (Kruskal-Wallis test)				Overall comparison adjusted for baseline	Overall comparison adjusted for baseline age, and weight changes over 12 months	Steel-Dwass pairwise comparisons
				ε2	df	p	ε2	p	p	PATCH vs. PILL		PATCH vs. E−		PILL vs. E−
										p	r	p	r	p	r
EDI-2	n = 26	n = 20	n = 27
Drive for Thinness	−0.58±0.40	−0.85±0.79	1.50±0.81	7.29	2	.026	0.10	.049	.063	.982	−0.03	.026	−0.36	.131	−0.28
Body Dissatisfaction	−1.62±0.55	0.20±0.83	2.30±0.81	11.94	2	.003	0.17	.001a	.0003a	.109	−0.30	.002	−0.46	.398	−0.19
TFEQ-R18	n = 22	n = 16	n = 23
Cognitive Restraint	−3.89±2.88	−6.25±6.10	−4.04±4.27	0.02	2	.990	0.002	.992	.973	.999	0.01	.989	0.02	.992	−0.02
Uncontrolled Eating	−6.48±2.40	2.78±2.72	0.81±2.92	7.39	2	.025	0.12	.047	.043	.037	−0.40	.098	−0.31	.737	0.12
Emotional Eating	2.53±3.79	2.78±4.81	4.35±3.87	0.005	2	.998	0.001	.740	.305	0.9999	−0.002	.999	0.01	.991	−0.02
	n = 26	n = 22	n = 27
Weight (kg)	1.70±0.81	1.72±1.12	1.94±0.52	0.44	2	.803	0.01	N/A	N/A	.826	0.09	.969	0.03	.875	−0.07
BMI (kg/m2)	0.53±0.26	0.66±0.43	0.66±0.19	0.41	2	.814	0.01	N/A	N/A	.858	0.08	.936	0.05	.884	−0.07
BMI Z-score	0.11±0.16	−0.09±0.17	0.10±0.12	0.51	2	.773	0.01	N/A	N/A	.709	0.12	.974	0.03	.933	−0.05
Total daily caloric intake (kcal)	192±135	−181±132	−243±126	5.99	2	.050	0.12	N/A	N/A	.095	0.37	.081	0.35	.954	0.05

Mean±SEM; significant p-values are bolded.

^ap < 0.05 PATCH vs. E−.