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Table 2 Comparison between patients with SIB in last month and never performed SIB

From: Self-injurious behaviour in patients with anorexia nervosa: a quantitative study

Background variable

Group

n

Median

IQR

Test-statistic Ua

z

p-value

Age

SIB

56

22.00

19.00–26.00

1192.00

−1.78

.08

Non-SIB

53

24.00

20.50–28.00

BMI

SIB

56

19.10

17.66–20.11

1329.50

−0.63

.53

Non-SIB

53

18.63

15.77–20.19

ED in years

SIB

56

6.00

3.00–10.00

1298.00

−1.13

.26

Non-SIB

53

4.00

3.00–8.25

ED treatment in years

SIB

56

3.00

1.00–5.00

888.50

−3.63

<.001

Non-SIB

53

1.00

0.50–3.00

  1. SIB Self-injurious behaviour, ED eating disorder, BMI body mass index, IQR inter quartile range; p-value in bold significant result at level p <.05
  2. aMann–Whitney U-test