TABLE 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.
| Food-specific intervention | General intervention | p-value* | |
| (N = 25) | (N = 23) | ||
| M (SD) or N (%) | M (SD) or N (%) | ||
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age | 38.36 (12.03) | 34.78 (13.32) | 0.33 |
| Weight (kg) | 83.28 (23.49) | 74.29 (24.66) | 0.21 |
| BMI | 29.77 (6.87) | 26.36 (8.33) | 0.13 |
| Duration of illness (Years) | 19.10 (14.41) | 16.74 (11.11) | 0.57 |
| Gender | Female = 21 (87.5%) | Female = 21 (91.3%) | 0.67 |
| Male = 3 (12.5%) | Male = 2 (8.7%) | ||
| Ethnicity | White = 19 (79.2%) | White = 17 (73.9%) | 0.11 |
| Black = 1 (4.2%) | Black = 1 (4.3%) | ||
| Middle eastern = 3 (12.5%) | Mixed (White/Black) = 2 (8.7%) | ||
| Latin American = 1 (4.2%) | Asian = 3 (13%) | ||
| Clinical characteristics | |||
| Diagnosis | Binge eating disorder = 13 (52%) | Binge eating disorder = 11 (47.8%) | 0.77 |
| Bulimia nervosa = 12 (48%) | Bulimia nervosa = 12 (52.2%) | ||
| Comorbid mood and/or anxiety disorder | Yes = 20 (80%) | Yes = 19 (82.6%) | 0.82 |
| No = 5 (20%) | No = 4 (17.4%) | ||
| Use of psychiatric medication | Medication = 8 (33.3%) | Medication = 9 (39.1%) | 0.68 |
| No medication = 16 (66.7%) | No medication = 14 (60.9%) | ||
*P-values for Age, Weight, BMI, and Duration of Illness were obtained using independent samples t-tests. P-values for Gender and Ethnicity using Fisher’s Exact Test. P-values for Diagnosis, Use of psychiatric medication, and Comorbid mood and/or anxiety disorder were obtained using Pearson’s Chi-Square.