Table 1 General characteristics at admission, discharge and during treatment

percentage of weight loss (%)^a

22.7 (836)

6.1-41.4

duration of illness (months)

10.1 (7.8)

3.0-40.0

age(years) at admission

15.1 (1.6)

10.9-18.7

BMI (Kg/m²) at admision

15.7 (1.2)

13.3-18.3

% EBW at admision

77.6 (5.4)

66.7-87.5

Treatment

duration of tratment (weeks)

15.1 (5.5)

5.4-30.1

weight gain (g/week)

459 (229)

184-1188

BMI gain (g/week)

0.2 (0.1)

0.1-0.4

%EBW gain per week

0.8 (0.4)

0.3-2.1

Discharge

BMI (kg/m²) at discharge

18.0 (1.0)

14.3-19.6

%EBW at disharge

88.5 (4.4)

74.7-95.8