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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

From: A clinical profile of compulsive exercise in adolescent inpatients with anorexia nervosa

 

M (SD)

n (%)

Range

Demographics

Age (years)

15.02 (1.22)

 

12 to 17

Ethnicity

 Caucasian

 

56 (93.3)

 

 Asian

 

2 (3.4)

 

 Other

 

2 (3.4)

 

Clinical characteristics

Diagnosis

 AN

 

54 (90.0)

 

 Atypical AN

 

6 (10.0)

 

Duration of illness at admission (months)

13.4 (11.79)

 

1 to 66

% EBW at admission

86.6 (12.39)

  

% EBW at discharge

92.9 (11.33)

  

Duration of admission (days)

38 (50.17)

 

7 to 379

Previous hospitalizations

1 (1.29)

 

0 to 6

Medications prescribed throughout admission

 SSRIs

 

9 (15.0)

 

 Atypical antipsychotics

 

8 (13.3)

 

 Both SSRIs and atypical antipsychotics

 

16 (26.7)

 

 None

 

27 (45.0)

 
  1. AN anorexia nervosa, %EBW percentage expected body weight, SSRIs selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, M mean, SD standard deviation