Table 1

Characteristics of incident cases

	N	Mean (SD) or %
Age	305	14.56 (1.66)
Sex
Female	279	91.48
Male	26	8.52
Ethnicity
Any white	274	91.64
White and Asian	6	2.01
White and black Caribbean	2	0.67
White and black African	1	0.33
Other mixed	1	0.33
Indian	3	1.00
Pakistani	2	0.67
Bangladeshi	1	0.33
Other Asian	4	1.34
Black Caribbean	2	0.67
Chinese	1	0.33
Ethnicity not known	2	0.67
Clinical status
BMI	304	16.50 (2.25)
%e of Median expected BMI	303	83.23 (10.99)
CGAS	280	44.61 (14.08)
HoNOSCA	63	19.40 (8.17)

BMI, body mass index; CGAS, Children's Global Assessment Scale; HoNOSCA, Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents.