Table 1 Patient demographics and causes of death for the whole cohort and a subset of the voluntarily and involuntarily treated cohorts (N = 35)
From: Causes of death in patients with a history of severe anorexia nervosa
Whole cohort (n = 35) | Voluntarily treated (n = 25) | Involuntarily treated (n = 10) | t-test | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
Demographic parameters | |||||
Age at death (yrs) | 41.1 (13.2) | 41.8 (14.4) | 39.5 (10.4) | 0.46 | 0.65 |
Age at ACUTE admission (yrs) | 38.5 (12.7) | 39.3 (13.8) | 36.6 (9.7) | 0.56 | 0.58 |
BMI (kg/m2) at ACUTE admission | 12.8 (2.4) | 13.1 (2.6) | 12.3 (1.9) | 0.84 | 0.41 |
BMI (kg/m2) at ERC discharge | 17.9 (2.0) | 18.2 (1.8) | 17.0 (2.3) | 1.62 | 0.12 |
LOS for ACUTE and ERC treatment (days)a | 75 (48–105) | 63 (48–105) | 90 (55–103) | 187b | 0.81 |
Duration of illness (yrs)a | 16 (6–24) | 16 (6–25) | 16 (5–23) | 168b | 0.38 |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Causes of Death | |||||
Mental Health | |||||
AN/Malnutrition | 21 (60) | 15 (43) | 6 (17) | ||
Suicide | 2 (5.7) | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | ||
Substance Use | 4 (11) | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.7) | ||
Additional Medical Causes | |||||
Cardiovascular | 9 (26) | 7 (20) | 2 (5.7) | ||
Gastrointestinal | 8 (23) | 7 (20) | 1 (3) | ||
Infection | 10 (29) | 9 (28) | 1 (3) | ||
Metabolic | 10 (29) | 7 (20) | 3 (9) | ||
Pulmonary | 5 (14) | 4 (11) | 1 (3) | ||
Other Causes | |||||
Homicide | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 | ||
Severe Osteoporosis | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 (3) | ||
End-stage Renal Disease | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 | ||
Skull fracture | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 | ||
Huntington’s Chorea | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 | ||
Multiple Sclerosis | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 | ||
Scleroderma | 1 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 |