| |
Eating disorders
|
Healthy control
| | | |
|---|
| |
AN (n = 22)
|
BN (n = 36)
|
HC (n = 51)
| | | |
|---|
|
Observed mean, M(SD)
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
F-value
|
p-value
|
Post hoc
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
25.77
|
6.26
|
25.94
|
5.81
|
23.82
|
5.58
|
1.71
|
0.19
|
n.s.
|
|
Education (years)
|
13.23
|
2.20
|
14.07
|
1.87
|
14.00
|
0.91
|
1.24
|
0.30
|
n.s.
|
|
Duration of illness (only AN, BN)
|
7.24
|
6.47
|
7.15
|
5.80
|
−
|
−
|
0.00
|
0.96
|
n.s.
|
|
BMI (kg/m2)
|
15.87
|
2.62
|
19.76
|
2.38
|
20.99
|
1.71
|
76.83
|
0.00
|
HC>AN, HC>BN, BN>AN
|
|
TAS-20
|
60.07
|
7.95
|
64.00
|
8.16
|
49.50
|
9.71
|
26.89
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
HADSa
|
11.06
|
4.29
|
12.00
|
3.87
|
4.61
|
3.39
|
42.55
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
HADSd
|
9.18
|
4.79
|
11.32
|
4.43
|
3.37
|
3.14
|
41.38
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
EDE-Qg
|
3.23
|
1.60
|
3.97
|
1.26
|
1.07
|
0.89
|
59.89
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
EDE-Qr
|
3.00
|
1.89
|
3.17
|
1.62
|
0.68
|
0.81
|
39.78
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
EDE-Qe
|
3.39
|
1.70
|
3.72
|
1.63
|
0.47
|
0.64
|
75.27
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
EDE-Qw
|
3.74
|
1.32
|
4.32
|
1.45
|
1.44
|
1.29
|
44.73
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
EDE-Qs
|
3.96
|
1.23
|
4.56
|
1.23
|
1.70
|
1.25
|
50.96
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
BITEss
|
8.75
|
6.32
|
11.57
|
5.56
|
1.37
|
1.18
|
67.76
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
BITEsas
|
17.63
|
10.14
|
22.61
|
4.38
|
5.33
|
4.46
|
104.27
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
EDI-2
|
117.06
|
43.93
|
139.83
|
37.19
|
60.64
|
29.77
|
52.29
|
0.00
|
AN>HC, BN>HC
|
|
MOCI
|
10.47
|
5.93
|
13.55
|
6.21
|
7.17
|
3.34
|
15.83
|
0.00
|
BN>HC
|
|
Comobidities; n=
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Dysthymia
|
−
| |
3
| | | | | | |
|
Panic disorder
|
−
| |
1
| | | | | | |
|
Somatoform
|
1
| |
−
| | | | | | |
|
Anxiety disorder
|
1
| |
−
| | | | | | |
|
Alcohol dependence
|
−
| |
1
| | | | | | |
|
Medication; n=
| | | | | | | | | |
|
SSRIs
|
−
| |
10
| | | | | | |
- BMI: body mass index; TAS-20: Toronto Alexithymia Scale; EDE-Qg: Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (global score); EDE-Qr: restricting; EDE-Qe: eating concern; EDE-Qw: weight concern; EDE-Qs: shape concern; HADSa: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (anxiety); HADSd: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (depression); BITEsas: Bulimia Investigatory Test, Edinburgh: (symptom scale); BITEss: Bulimia Investigatory Test, Edinburgh (severity scale); MOCI: Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory; EDI-2: Eating Disorders Inventory 2; SSRIs: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
- In bold: p-value <0.05, n.s.: not significant.
