Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample
Anorexia nervosa | Binge eating disorder | Bulimia nervosa | Healthy controls | F | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 12 | n = 56 | n = 32 | n = 24 | |||
M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
Age in years | 34.33 (11.60) | 41.13 (9.74) | 30.19 (9.92) | 29.25 (10.90) | 11.62 |  < 0.000 |
BMI (kg/m2)†| 18.66 (3.94) | 36.73 (10.22) | 26.13 (6.03) | 26.92 (4.63) | 25.34 |  < 0.000 |
EDE-EC†| 3.65 (1.77) | 2.84 (1.40) | 2.74 (1.20) | 0.04 (0.08) | 35.71 |  < 0.000 |
EDE-DR†| 3.95 (1.41) | 2.14 (1.28) | 3.14 (1.32) | 0.52 (0.92) | 28.73 |  < 0.000 |
EDE-WC†| 3.15 (1.77) | 3.58 (1.09) | 3.45 (1.17) | 0.52 (0.69) | 45.04 |  < 0.000 |
EDE-SC†| 3.94 (1.34) | 3.84 (1.29) | 3.72 (1.09) | 0.60 (0.81) | 49.38 |  < 0.000 |
Objective binge episodes‡ | 1.42 (2.67) | 4.49 (4.09) | 6.55 (6.43) | 0.00 (0.00) | 12.09 |  < 0.000 |
Vomit episodes‡ | 2.26 (4.05) | 0.13 (0.94) | 7.34 (8.75) | 0.00 (0.00) | 18.47 |  < 0.000 |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | φ | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caucasian | 10 (91.67) | 34 (60.71) | 22 (68.75) | 14 (58.33) | 0.376 | 0.130Δ |
Black | 0 (0.00) | 8 (14.29) | 4 (12.50) | 5 (20.83) | ||
Asian | 0 (0.00) | 2 (3.57) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (8.33) | ||
Mixed | 2 (16.67) | 9 (16.07) | 1 (3.13) | 0 (0.00) | ||
Hispanic | 0 (0.00) | 3 (5.36) | 5 (15.63) | 3 (12.50) | ||
Marital status: single§ | 8 (88.89) | 25 (44.64) | 19 (59.38) | 14 (60.87) | 0.244 | 0.067 |
Employment status | 11 (91.67) | 51 (91.07) | 29 (90.63) | 23 (95.83) | 0.071 | 0.891 |
Income status§,‖ | 10 (88.33) | 17 (30.36) | 17 (53.13) | 16 (69.57) | 0.378 | 0.001 |
Mood disorders | 7 (58.33) | 36 (64.29) | 24 (75.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.541 |  < 0.000 |
Anxiety disorders | 9 (75.00) | 21 (37.50) | 12 (37.50) | 0 (0.00) | 0.420 |  < 0.000 |
Medical comorbidities§ | 7 (70.00) | 27 (51.92) | 21 (75.00) | 4 (21.05) | 0.363 | 0.002 |
Medication use | 6 (50.00) | 29 (51.79) | 15 (46.88) | 2 (8.33) | 0.336 | 0.003 |