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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Jan 9;31(2):390–398. doi: 10.1002/oby.23648

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidities of participants with a rapid response versus without a rapid response

Rapid Response n = 120 (62.8%) No Rapid Response n = 71 (37.2%) Statistics
Clinical characteristics, mean (S.D.)
Age first overweight, m (sd) 19.78 (11.34) 17.34 (9.72) F(1,169) = 1.99; p = .16; ηp2 = .01
Age first binge m (sd) 26.00 (14.33) 25.14 (13.21) F(1,180) = .17; p = .69; ηp2 < .01
Age first BED m (sd) 29.71 (15.00) 27.00 (13.93) F(1,189) = 1.53; p = .22; ηp2 < .01
Psychiatric comorbidities, n (%)
Mood disorder current 24 (20.0) 17 (23.9) χ2(1) = .41; p = .52; Φ = .05
Lifetime mood disorder 65 (54.2) 34 (47.9) χ2(1) = .70; p = .40; Φ = .06
Anxiety disorder current 31 (25.8) 21 (29.6) χ2(1) = 0.32; p = .57; Φ = .04
Lifetime anxiety disorder 41 (34.2) 32 (45.1) χ2(1) = 2.25; p = .13; Φ = .11
Lifetime substance use disorder 36 (30.0) 21 (31.0) χ2(1) = .02; p = .89; Φ = .01
Lifetime AN/BN diagnosis 8 (6.7) 6 (8.5) χ2(1) = .21; p = .65; Φ = .03

Note. BED = binge-eating disorder; AN = anorexia nervosa; BN = bulimia nervosa