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Table 2 Decision-making ability on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) in AN, BN, and HC

From: Comparison in decision-making between bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and healthy women: influence of mood status and pathological eating concerns

 

Eating disorders

Healthy control

   
 

AN (n=22)

BN (n=36)

HC (n=51)

   

IGT

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F-value

p-value

post hoc

Block 1

-1.43

7.46

-2.00

6.01

-2.61

5.29

0.31

0.73

n.s.

Block 2

2.19

7.45

2.18

7.21

-0.31

6.96

1.62

0.20

n.s.

Block 3

3.14

7.47

1.82

7.68

4.14

7.85

0.92

0.40

n.s.

Block 4

3.90

7.50

3.15

8.82

6.49

7.44

2.03

0.14

n.s.

Block 5

2.67

10.11

2.29

8.73

7.35

9.29

3.73

0.03

BN<HC

Total net scores

10.48

25.53

7.50

27.09

15.06

20.99

1.05

0.35

n.s.

  1. In bold: p-value < 0.05, n.s.: not significant.