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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2021 May 3;54(6):915–924. doi: 10.1002/eat.23513

Table 2.

Associations between persistent RAP (defined as 5+ episodes of abdominal pain in the past year) and fasting to control weight at age 16

Unadjusted Adjusted Model A Adjusted Model B Fully adjusted Model C
OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Persistent RAP (5+) at 7 and 9 years
(complete cases, n=3001)
1.66 (1.13, 2.44) .011 1.28 (0.86, 1.91) .216 1.31 (0.88, 1.95) .186 1.30 (0.87, 1.94) .197
Persistent RAP (5+) at 7 and 9 years
(imputed dataset, n=8041)
1.37 (0.99, 1.91) .060 1.04 (0.73, 1.46) .841 1.06 (0.75, 1.49) .761 1.04 (0.74, 1.48) .822
Analyses restricted to individuals without DAWBA anxiety diagnosis at age 7
Persistent RAP (5+) at 7 and 9 years
(complete cases, n=2928)
1.61 (1.08, 2.38) .018 1.25 (0.83, 1.88) .276 1.27 (0.85, 1.92) .244 1.27 (0.84, 1.91) .254
Persistent RAP (5+) at 7 and 9 years
(imputed dataset, n=7791)
1.35 (0.92, 1.98) .130 1.01 (0.67, 1.51) .972 1.03 (0.69, 1.54) .891 1.02 (0.68, 1.53) .931

Model A = adjusted for gender;

Model B = adjusted for gender, maternal social class and maternal education;

Fully adjusted Model C = adjusted for gender, maternal social class, maternal education, maternal anxiety and maternal depression

RAP = Recurrent Abdominal Pain defined as 5+ episodes of stomach pain in the last 12 months