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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics: AN, BN, EDNOS

From: Quality of life in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not-otherwise-specified

 

Median (IQR)

 
 

AN (n = 84)

BN (n = 49)

EDNOS (n = 66)

Kruskall Wallis statistic

Post-hoc tests

Age (yrs)

24.50 (10.0)

28.00 (9.00)

26.50 (10.25)

n.s.

 

Duration of illness (yrs)

7.00 (8.50)

9.00 (10.25)

9.00 (9.00)

n.s.

 

BMI

16.30 (1.78)

22.00 (6.34)

18.40 (5.45)

H = 100.97 p < .001

AN < EDNOS < BN

EDE global score

3.40 (1.83)

3.79 (1.06)

3.62 (2.14)

n.s.

 

EDE dietary restraint

3.90 (2.05)

3.60 (1.87)

3.20 (2.75)

H = 9.13 p = .010

AN > BN = EDNOS

EDE eating concern

2.90 (2.00)

3.00 (2.20)

2.70 (2.35)

n.s.

 

EDE weight concern

3.25 (2.35)

4.43 (1.94)

4.35 (2.60)

n.s.

 

EDE shape concern

3.60 (2.15)

5.07 (1.32)

4.48 (2.58)

H = 23.06 p < .001

AN < EDNOS = BN

OBE

0.00 (4.50)

16.00 (22.50)

0.00 (9.75)

H = 46.66 p < .001

AN = EDNOS < BN

SBE

0.00 (7.00)

6.00 (19.00)

1.00 (16.00)

H = 6.78 p = .034

AN < BN

Self induced vomiting

0.00 (12.25)

15.00 (23.50)

0.00 (11.50)

H = 24.917 p < .001

AN = EDNOS < BN

  1. Notes: AN, anorexia nervosa, BN, bulimia nervosa, EDNOS, eating disorder not-otherwise-specified, BMI, Body Mass Index, EDE, Eating Disorder Examination, OBE, Objective Binge Episodes, SBE, Subjective Binge Episodes.