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Table 1 Diagnostic distribution, presence of CE, CE frequency M (SD), presence of OBE and purging per diagnosis for women and men separately. CE frequency only for patients reporting such behavior (women: N = 4223; men: N = 152). Remission rates at 1-year follow-up (women: N = 3060; men: N = 113)

From: Running on empty – a nationwide large-scale examination of compulsive exercise in eating disorders

 

AN

BN

BED

EDNOS

Total

N

Women

1522 (17.4%)

2849 (32.6%)

628 (7.2%)

3741 (42.8%)

8740

Men

61 (18.3%)

91 (27.2%)

36 (10.8%)

146 (43.7%)

334

CE (%)

Women

40.3

51.1

13.1

55.1

48.2

Men

36.1

45.1

22.2

55.5

45.5

CE frequency

Women

18.8 (16.0)

14.8 (9.7)

9.5 (6.6)

16.3 (10.5)

16.0 (11.3)

Men

19.5 (16.9)

16.9 (10.8)

10.3 (5.8)

16.9 (11.6)

16.9 (12.1)

OBE (%)

Women

32.5

75.3

78.0

45.9

55.5

Men

27.9

77.2

75.0

45.2

54.0

Purging (%)

Women

29.7

73.6

8.0

44.3

48.7

Men

23.0

63.7

33.6

0.0

36.2

Remission rates (%)

Women

40.5

56.5

70.9

57.9

55.2

Men

66.7

57.6

66.7

61.0

61.9

  1. CE compulsive exercise, OBE objective binge-eating episode, AN anorexia nervosa, BN bulimia nervosa, BED binge eating disorder, EDNOS eating disorder not otherwise specified. CE frequency reported for the last 28 days