Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, clinical features and eating behavior of participants with full or subthreshold avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder with vs. without overweight/obesity.

	Healthy weight (n=12)	Overweight/obesity (n=11)	p
Age, years	16.06±0.94	17.86±1.4	0.29a
Female	7 (58%)	8 (73%)	0.67b
Race
White	11 (92%)	9 (82%)	0.48c
Black/African American	0	1 (9%)
Asian	0	0
American Indian/Alaska Native	0	0
Native Hawaiian/other Pacific	0	0
Islander
More than one race	1 (8.3%)	1 (9%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	1 (8%)	1 (9%)	0.94c
Non-Hispanic	11 (92%)	10 (90%)
Anthropometric measurements
BMI, kg/m2	19.1±0.63	30.96±1.19	<0.0001a
BMI z/score	−0.47±0.14	1.8±0.12	<0.0001d
% median BMI	94.47±1.8	152.51±6.84	<0.0001d
Evaluation of A/R eating
PARDI severity	1.92±0.2	2.48±0.22	0.08a
PARDI sensory sensitivity	1.4±0.3	1.65±0.31	0.56a
PARDI fear of aversive consequences	0.16±0.14	0.27±0.2	0.55d
PARDI lack of interest	1.42±0.49	1.71±0.35	0.20d
eDSM-5 criteria met for ARFID (A1-A4) based on PARDI
A1	2 (17%)	0	0.16c
A2	3 (25%)	3 (27%)	0.90c
A3	6 (50%)	2 (18%)	0.11c
A4	5 (42%)	9 (81%)	0.05c
Met criteria for full ARFID	8 (67%)	9 (82%)
Food Neophobia Scale	59.91±2.69	61.9±1.9f	0.71d

Abbreviations: PARDI; Pica, ARFID, and Rumination Disorder Interview

^aCalculated with Student t-test

^bCalculated with Fisher’s exact test

^cCalculated with Chi-squared test

^dCalculated with Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann-Whitney) test

^eCriteria A1-A4 have 0 for no and 1 for yes if the participant met criteria in that way.

A1 - Low weight (BMI < 10^th percentile), significant weight loss, and/or failure to grow.

A2 - Nutritional deficiency (diagnosed by healthcare professional via blood tests).

A3 - Dependence on nutritional supplements (i.e., prescribed vitamins or high-energy drinks).

A4 - Psychosocial impairment (one or more PARDI impairment items ≥ 4).

^fOne participant with obesity did not complete the FNS