Table 1.
Patient sociodemographic features.
| Variables | LC 1 | LC 2 | LC 3 | LC 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 67 | 38 | 58 | 45 | 208 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 27 | 17 | 39 | 21 | 104 |
| Female | 40 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 104 |
| ED group | |||||
| AN | 20 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 54 |
| BN | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| BED | 31 | 25 | 39 | 23 | 118 |
| EDNOS | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Variables included in LCA | |||||
| Age (M ± SD) | 22.8 ± 3.3 | 46.7 ± 9.9 | 37.4 ± 10.2 | 16.4 ± 1.9 | 29.9 ± 0.9 |
| Birthplace | |||||
| Germany | 65 | 38 | 56 | 42 | 201 |
| Other | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Secondary education | |||||
| No degree/pupil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| Lowest | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Intermediate | 17 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 53 |
| Advanced | 9 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
| Highest | 30 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 61 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Not working | 31 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 96 |
| Working part-time | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 32 |
| Working full-time | 25 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 80 |
| Retired | |||||
| Yes | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 37 |
| No | 61 | 31 | 40 | 39 | 171 |
| Housing situation | |||||
| Living alone | 10 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 63 |
| Living with others | 57 | 36 | 7 | 45 | 145 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 58 | 2 | 53 | 39 | 152 |
| Married | 9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Divorced or separated | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Currently in relationship | |||||
| Yes | 30 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 73 |
| No | 37 | 2 | 53 | 43 | 135 |
| Children* | |||||
| Yes | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 35 |
| No | 22 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 57 |
| No response | 45 | 1 | 31 | 39 | 116 |
| Upbringing conditions | |||||
| Both parents | 48 | 30 | 44 | 27 | 149 |
| Single parent | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| Step-parent | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| Other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Father with mental illness | |||||
| Yes | 33 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 106 |
| No | 34 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 86 |
| No response | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| Mother with mental illness | |||||
| Yes | 41 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 111 |
| No | 26 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 77 |
| No response | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| History of abuse | |||||
| Yes | 19 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 59 |
| No | 48 | 19 | 41 | 41 | 149 |
| Suicide attempts | |||||
| Yes | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| No | 54 | 32 | 51 | 41 | 178 |
| Age at ED onset | |||||
| Adolescence | 59 | 23 | 37 | 45 | 164 |
| Young adulthood | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 36 |
| Middle adulthood | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Weight at ED onset | |||||
| Underweight | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| Normal weight | 32 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 93 |
| Overweight | 28 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 91 |
| Prev. treatments | |||||
| None | 18 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 62 |
| Once | 26 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 63 |
| More than once | 23 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 83 |
*Patients were queried for the number of their children; “no response” was coded if patients skipped the question, and we only coded “no” if so explicitly stated. LC, latent classes derived from latent class analysis (LCA); AN, Anorexia Nervosa; BN, Bulimia Nervosa; BED, Binge-Eating Disorder; EDNOS, Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. LCA included all sociodemographic variables except for gender and eating disorder groups.