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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristic of the sample – categorical variables

From: Medication and psychotherapy in eating disorders: is there a gap between research and practice?

 

AN

 

AN-sub-threshold

 

BN

 

BN-sub-threshold

 

Total

 
 

(N = 44)

(N = 30)

(N = 126)

(N = 53)

(N = 253)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Ethnicity

          

 Caucasian

41

93.2

29

96.7

114

90.5

46

86.8

230

90.9

 Non Caucasian

3

6.8

1

2.3

12

9.5

3

5.7

19

7.5

Country

          

 United Kingdom

21

47.8

11

36.7

47

37.5

27

50.9

91

36.0

 USA

12

27.3

15

50.0

44

35.0

16

30.2

78

30.8

 Canada, Australia, New Zealand

8

18.2

4

13.3

18

14.3

3

5.7

31

12.3

SES

          

 Managers/professionals

8

18.2

4

13.3

20

15.9

6

11.3

38

15.0

 Associate professionals

3

6.8

2

6.7

5

4.0

6

11.3

16

6.3

 Students

14

31.8

15

50.0

44

35.0

22

41.5

95

37.5

 Unemployed

6

13.6

6

20.0

23

18.3

6

11.3

41

16.2

ED/psychiatric variables

          

 Been a psychiatric inpatient

26

59.0

14

46.7

37

29.4

16

30.2

93

36.8

Other psychiatric diagnosis

          

 Depression

3

6.8

1

2.3

7

5.6

2

3.8

13

5.1

 Anxiety

3

6.8

0

0

2

1.6

0

0

5

2.0

 Borderline personality disorder

2

4.5

0

0

4

3.2

0

0

6

2.4

 Bipolar disorder

1

2.3

1

2.3

4

3.2

0

0

6

2.4

 PTSD

3

6.8

0

0

3

2.4

1

1.9

7

2.8

 OCD

0

0

0

0

3

2.4

0

0

3

1.2

 Self-harm

0

0

0

0

1

0.8

0

0

1

0.4

 ADHD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0.4

  1. Key: AN Anorexia Nervosa, AN-sub-threshold, BN Bulimia Nervosa, BN-sub-threshold SSRIs Selective