Table 2.
Correlations between outcome variables and demographic, clinical, treatment and outcome variables.
| Outcome Variables | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variables | BMI improvement | LOS |
| Demographic variables | ||
| Sex | p = 1.000 | p = 1.000 |
| Age at admission | rho = −0.416, p < 0.001 | rho = 0.087, p = 0.445 |
| Clinical variables at admission | ||
| DUI | rho = −0.248, p = 0.027 | rho = 0.162, p = 0.155 |
| Admission BMI | rho = −0.401, p < 0.001 | rho = −0.179, p = 0.122 |
| Admission EDRC | rho = −0.174, p = 0.265 | rho = −9.8−4, p = 0.995 |
| Diagnosis | p = 1.000 | p = 1.000 |
| OCD | p = 0.262 | p = 0.044 |
| PD | p = 1.000 | p = 1.000 |
| MDD | p = 0.741 | p = 0.382 |
| Treatment variables | ||
| Early AAP | p = 0.622 | p < 0.001 |
| Early NGT | p = 0.365 | p = 0.161 |
| SSRI | p = 0.037 | p = 0.011 |
| Fluvoxamine | p = 0.260 | p = 0.289 |
| Sertraline | p = 0.415 | p = 0.252 |
| Fluoxetine | p = 0.710 | p = 0.155 |
| Outcome variables | ||
| BMI improvement | / | rho = 0.200, p = 0.075 |
| LOS | rho = 0.200, p = 0.075 | / |
Abbreviations: BMI: body-mass index; EDI-3: Eating Disorders Inventory-3; EDRC: eating disorders risk; MDD: major depressive disorder; SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; LOS: length of in-hospital stay; OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder; PD: panic disorder. Note: Bonferroni corrected significance values: demographic variables: 0.05/2 = 0.025; clinical variables: 0.05/7 = 0.007; treatment variables: 0.05/6 = 0.008; outcomes variables: 0.05/2 = 0.025. Statistically significant results marked in bold and underlined.