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Table 1 Summary of mothers’ and infants’ characteristics

From: The influence of eating disorders on mothers’ sensitivity and adaptation during feeding: a longitudinal observational study

 

Beauvais

Paris

Overall

 

N = 13

N = 15

N = 28

Age (years)

29 (24–30)

30 (28.5–33)

29.5 (26.5–32)

BMI (kg/m2)

21.1 (20.7–23.4)

19.9 (18.6–24.7)

20.9 (19.6–24.1)

SES

   

High

8 (1)

53 (8)

32 (9)

Intermediate

69 (9)

40 (6)

54 (15)

Low

23 (3)

7 (1)

14 (4)

EDEQ

   

BP

0.9 (0.9–0.9)

1.8 (1.0–2.5)

1.0 (0.9–2.1)

DP

1.3 (0.4–2.2)

1.1 (0.2–1.5)

1.1 (0.3–2.0)

PP

0.6 (0.2–2.9)

1.4 (0.6–1.8)

1.2 (0.3–2.5)

EPDS

5.0 (2.5–11.0)

8.0 (6.0–8.5)

6.5 (5.0–8.8)

Chatoor

   

Dyadic reciprocity

24 (23–32)

29 (27.5–39)

28 (23–33.8)

Dyadic conflict

2 (2–4)

2 (0–4)

2 (0–4)

Talk and distraction

2 (1–3)

2 (0–4)

2 (1–4)

Struggle for control

0 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

Maternal non-contingency

2 (1–2)

1 (0–4)

2 (0–2.3)

History of eating disorder

31 (4)

40 (6)

36 (10)

Term delivery (weeks)

39 (38.3–40.5)

40.6 (40.3–41.2)

40.5 (39–41.1)

Gender (female)

46 (6)

60 (9)

54 (15)

Two siblings

38 (5)

33 (5)

36 (10)

Weight (g)

3650 (3420–3940)

3330 (3150–3510)

3430 (3207.5–3932.5)

Height (cm)

50 (49–52)

50 (47.5–51)

50 (48–51.3)

Feeding mode

   

Bottle

62 (8)

33 (5)

46 (13)

Breast

31 (4)

60 (9)

46 (13)

Mixed

8 (1)

7 (1)

7 (2)

  1. Descriptive statistics are provided as [median (first and third quartile)] for numerical variable and [frequency (count)] for categorical variables. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, SES socioeconomic status, BP/DP/PP before pregnancy/during pregnancy/post-partum.