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Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Jan 12;52(4):367–377. doi: 10.1002/eat.23013

TABLE 4.

Comparison of patient demographics and clinical characteristics based on A-criteria met

		Psychosocial impairment (A4) only	Strict criteria: A1–A3	Expansive criteria: A1–A3	χ²(2), ϕ
	n	7 (%)	4 (%)	11 (%)
Gender (female)	4	2 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (18.2%)	1.40, 0.25 ns
Combined presentation (selective/neophobic and appetite/interest)	7	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	4 (36.4%)	6.81, 0.56^**
Selected out preferred foods	8	1 (14.3%)	3 (75.0%)	4 (36.4%)	4.06, 0.43 ns
Incorporated new foods	12	4 (57.1%)	2 (50.0%)	6 (54.5%)	0.05, 0.05 ns
Psychiatric comorbidity	15	6 (85.7%)	4 (100%)	5 (45.5%)	5.48, 0.50 ns
Medical comorbidity	5	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (36.4%)	2.63, 0.35 ns
	Range	M(SD)			t(21), d
Age	4–25	8.29 (3.25)	13.50 (5.45)	13.55 (7.08)	1.91, 0.16 ns
Duration of illness (proportion of years of life with symptoms)	37%-100%	73.41% (20.68)	88.43% (5.40)	82.61% (10.03)	1.70, 0.15 ns

p < 0.05.

^**

p < 0.01.