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Table 1 General characteristics of the school-attending and anorexia nervosa sample

From: Body mass index and self-reported body image in German adolescents

Variable

Total school-attending Sample

School-attending females

School-attending males

Female patients with AN

School-attending males vs. School-attending females

School-attending females vs. female patients with AN

(M ± SD)

(M ± SD)

(M ± SD)

p-Value°

 

n = 880

n = 486

n = 394

n = 30

  

Age

 

15.4 ± 2.2

15.3 ± 2.2

16.2 ± 1.6

.835

.008**

Height

 

1.67 ± 0.7

1.76 ± 0.1

1.67 ± 0.1

.665

< .001***

Weight

 

58.5 ± 10.6

67.9 ± 14.2

42.5 ± 5.9

< .001***

< .001***

BMI

 

20.9 ± 3.0

21.7 ± 3.2

15.3 ± 1.4

< .001***

< .001***

BMI percent.

 

54.5 ± 26.6

63.6 ± 24.2

1.3 ± 2.1

< .001***

< .001***

  1. Notes: n = number, M mean, SD standard deviation, m meters, kg kilogram, °unpaired t-Tests; **p < .01; ***p < .001
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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