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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 3.

Sensitivity analysis: Associations between RAP (defined as 3+ episodes of abdominal pain in the last 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 (3+) at 7 and 9 years
(complete cases, n=3001)
1.82 (1.43, 2.33) <.001 1.49 (1.15, 1.92) .002 1.50 (1.16, 1.94) .002 1.50 (1.16, 1.94) .002
Persistent RAP (3+) at 7 and 9 years
(imputed dataset, n=8041)
1.53 (1.23, 1.92) <.001 1.27 (1.00, 1.62) .051 1.29 (1.02, 1.64) .040 1.28 (1.01, 1.63) .041
Analyses restricted to individuals without DAWBA anxiety diagnosis at age 7
Persistent RAP (3+) at 7 and 9 years
(complete cases, n=2928)
1.85 (1.44, 2.37) <.001 1.50 (1.16, 1.95) <.001 1.52 (1.17, 1.97) .001 1.52 (1.17, 1.97) .002
Persistent RAP (3+) at 7 and 9 years
(imputed dataset, n=7791)
1.58 (1.27, 1.97) <.001 1.31 (1.05, 1.65) <.001 1.34 (1.07, 1.67) .011 1.33 (1.05, 1.67) .021

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 3+ episodes of stomach pain in the last 12 months