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

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of anorexia nervosa patients (AN), bulimia nervosa patients (BN), and healthy controls (HC)

	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.

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