Research Article
Higher Caloric Refeeding Is Safe in Hospitalised Adolescent Patients with Restrictive Eating Disorders
Table 1
Descriptive data at admission and discharge for 162 patients admitted for restrictive eating disorders.
| | Variable | Mean (SD) | Median (LQ–UQ) |
| | Age | 16.7 (0.9) | 16.6 (16.1–17.1) | | Admission weight (kg) | 45.7 (7.3) | 45.4 (40.2–50.1) | | Discharge weight (kg) | 53.0 (6.2) | 52.5 (48.6–56.3) | | Admission BMI (kg/m2) | 16.6 (2.1) | 16.5 (15.2–17.6) | | Discharge BMI (kg/m2) | 19.3 (1.4) | 19.2 (18.6–20.0) | | Admission % MBMI | 80.1 (10.2) | 79.8 (72.8–84.9) | | Discharge % MBMI | 93.1 (7.0) | 92.4 (89.3–97.1) | | Change in % MBMI | 13.0 (6.5) | 12.4 (8.3–17.3) | | Admission total kcal | 2611.7 (261.5) | 2400.0 (2400.0–2800.0) | | Admission kcal/kg | 58.4 (10.2) | 57.9 (51.5–64.5) | | Length of stay (weeks) | 3.6 (1.9) | 3.4 (2.1–4.6) | | Total weight gain (kg) | 7.4 (3.8) | 7.1 (4.6–9.6) | | Average weight gain per week (kg) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.0 (1.6–2.6) | | Weight gain week 1 (kg) | 3.5 (1.7) | 3.2 (2.3–4.4) |
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BMI: body mass index; %MBMI: percentage median body mass index [26, 27].
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