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Table 1 Pretreatment characteristics of 52 adolescent girls administered to FBT for AN

From: Effects of family-based treatment on adolescent outpatients treated for anorexia nervosa in the Eating Disorder Unit of Helsinki University Hospital

Pre-treatment parameter

N = 52

Age (years), mean(SD)

14.50 (1.31)

Living in an intact family, n(%)

41 (78.8%)

Living with a single parent, n(%)

5 (9.6%)

%EBW, mean(SD)

83.08 (8.58)

Duration of the eating disorder (months), mean(SD)

13.29 (8.15)

Obsessive exercise, n(%)

32 (61.5%)

Psychiatric comorbidity, n(%)

14 (26.9%)

 Depression

6 (11.5%)

 Anxiety disorder

3 (5.8%)

 Obsessive–compulsive disorder

4 (7.7%)

 Conduct disorder

1 (1.9%)

History of previous treatment for AN, n(%)

17 (32.7%)

Psychopharmacological treatment, n(%)

15 (28.8%)