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Table 2 Eating disorder diagnosis and psychiatric comorbidities for adolescents and young adults hospitalized for complications of malnutrition by sexual orientationa

From: Eating disorders in sexual minority adolescents and young adults: examining clinical characteristics and psychiatric co-morbidities in an inpatient medical setting

Characteristic

Sexual orientation

Total (N = 463)b

Heterosexual (N = 364)c

Sexual Minority (N = 99)c

p-Valued

Eating disorder diagnosis

0.147

 Anorexia nervosae

58.10 (269)

60.44 (220)

49.49 (49)

 

 Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED)f

31.97 (148)

30.22 (110)

38.38 (38)

 

  Otherg

9.94 (46)

9.34 (34)

12.12 (12)

 

Presence of other psychiatric diagnosish

 < 0.001

 Yes

52.48 (243)

48.08 (175)

68.69 (68)

 

 No

47.52 (220)

51.92 (189)

31.31 (31)

 

Specific psychiatric diagnosis

 

 Depressioni

30.24 (140)

26.92 (98)

42.42 (42)

0.003

 Anxietyj

28.73 (133)

25.82 (94)

39.39 (39)

0.008

 Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD)

5.18 (24)

5.22 (19)

5.05 (5)

0.946

 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

4.10 (19)

2.20 (8)

11.11 (11)

 < 0.001

 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

3.02 (14)

3.02 (11)

3.03 (3)

0.997

Suicide or self-harmk

 

 During hospitalization

7.99 (37)

6.59 (24)

13.13 (13)

0.033

 Prior to hospitalization

22.25 (103)

18.13 (66)

37.37 (37)

 < 0.001

  1. Bold face indicates significant p value
  2. aTable values are % (N)
  3. bTotal number of participants with eating disorder diagnosis and sexual orientation listed in chart
  4. cPercentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding
  5. dT-test was used for continuous variables. Chi Square (or Fisher's exact test if n < 5) was used for categorical variables
  6. eAnorexia nervosa includes both restricting subtype and binge/purge subtype
  7. fOSFED includes Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and Purging Disorder
  8. gOther includes Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Bulimia nervosa, and Unspecified Eating Disorder
  9. hPresence of psychiatric diagnosis other than eating disorder
  10. iDepression includes major depressive disorder, depressive disorder not otherwise specified, and unspecified depression
  11. jAnxiety includes generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, anxiety not otherwise specified, and unspecified anxiety
  12. kSuicide includes suicide attempt, active suicidal ideation, and passive suicidal ideation