Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample

Age

15.74 (1.70)

15.41 (1.64)

 < 1

n.s

IQ

105.94 (12.65)

105.78 (12.20)

 < 1

n.s

BMI

15.52 (1.61)

20.39 (2.26)

10.84

 < .001

BMI-percentile (age-corrected)

3.43 (4.95)

49.53 (25.22)

11.31

 < .001

Depressive symptoms (BDI)

25.09 (14.54)

2.55 (3.30)

10.25

 < .001

Eating disorder symptoms (EDI)

308.59 (61.80)

182.28 (39.70)

8.97

 < .001

Alexithymia total (TAS)

35.34 (8.12)

23.68 (7.84)

6.32

 < .001