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Table 3 Comparative demographic and clinical features of participants with a DSM-5 eating disorder

From: Burden and health-related quality of life of eating disorders, including Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), in the Australian population

 

Age/years

Female sex

Exercise/days

Regular# SBE

BMI

 

Median IQ range

Mean SD

n %

Median IQ range

n;% 95% C.I.

Mean SD

Year assessed

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2014

2014

2015

Anorexia Nervosa- Broad

22*a

33.3b

13a

10a

2.1

0a

17.6a

17.9b

17–57

16.5

62%;

63%

2.0–5.0

n.a.

0.7

0.5

Bulimia nervosa (BN)

35a

34.1b

20a

17a

3.8

17;56.7%b

28.1b

32.0c

26–44

12.8

67%

46%

2.0–6.0

39.2–72.6

6.3

7.6

BED - Broad

n.a.

41.5

n.a.

31a

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

32.8c

 

16.3

n.a.

69%

   

8.7

ARFID

46

31.9

1b

5a

1.3

0a

25.9b

22.0b

24–60

19.7

11%

50%

0–5.2

n.a.

4.9

3.9

OSFED

n.a.

46.1a

n.a.

67b

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

27.8e

 

18.1

 

70%

  

n.a.

6.3

 Atypical AN

n.a.

43.5

n.a.

48

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

27.8

 

16.3

 

65%

  

n.a.

6.3

 Sub-threshold BN

n.a.

34.4

n.a.

12

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

26.7

 

1.7

 

86%

  

n.a.

4.1

Year assessed

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2014

2014

2015

 Sub-threshold BED

n.a.

44.4

n.a.

11

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

28

 

19.4

 

100%

  

n.a.

7.2

 Purging Disorder

n.a.

67.5

n.a.

7

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

26.9

 

16.6

 

64%

  

n.a.

5.4

UFED

n.a.

38.3b

n.a.

141c

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

27.1e

 

16.0

 

45%

   

6.0

No eating disorder

47.0b

48.2a

1217c

1256a

3.0

30; 1.3%a

26.6b

26.8a

31–63

19.3

51%

50%

1.0–6.0

1.0–1.9

5.5

5.7

  1. Data reported in this table are weighted for South Australian norms, BED Binge Eating Disorder, OSFED Other Specified Eating or Feeding Disorder, UFED Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorder, SBE Subjective binge eating episode
  2. *data were skewed thus median and IQ range is presented; #at least weekly; data with differing superscripts are different on post hoc tests at p < .05