Eating disorders in biological males: clinical presentation and consideration of sex differences in a pediatric sample

Table 4 Sex differences in male and female youth who were treated at BC Children’s Hospital between 2010 and 2015

	Males, Sample Size	Females, Sample Size
Demographics	n = 30	n = 213
Ethnicity: Caucasian*	12 (40.0%)	151 (70.9%)
Ethnic Minority Group (includes Asian, East Indian, Aboriginal, mixed)*	18 (60.0%)	62 (29.1%)
Eating Disorder Diagnosis	n = 41	n = 251
Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa*	23 (56.1%)	208 (82.9%)
Atypical Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa*	10 (24.4%)	32 (12.7%)
Other Eating Disorder Diagnosis*	8 (19.5%)	11 (4.4%)
Eating Disorder Symptoms (Lifetime History)
Binge-eating	13 (31.7%), 41	55 (22.4%), 245
Vomiting	9 (22.0%), 41	64 (26.2%), 244
Laxative Use	2 (4.9%), 41	25 (10.3%), 243
Excessive Exercise	28 (68.3%), 41	177 (72.8%), 243
Medical Characteristics
Bradycardia (heart rate < 50 bpm)	9 (22.0%), 41	44 (23.9%), 184
Orthostatic shift in heart rate (> 20 bpm)	12 (32.4%), 37	61 (35.3%), 173
Bone Mineral Density – Spine z-score (≤ −1)	5 (22.7%), 22	75 (37.1%), 202

Note: This table does not capture all variables used for sex comparisons. Additional comparisons of variables not included in this table (i.e., treatment settings, age at admission, age at eating disorder onset, duration of eating disorder symptoms, and weight) are detailed in the results section
*denotes significant sex difference, p < .05

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