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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2023 Jul 28;57(4):799–808. doi: 10.1002/eat.24029

Table 1:

Demographics, weight and menstrual history on admission in atypical anorexia nervosa (atypical AN) vs. anorexia nervosa (AN)

Atypical AN
(N=48)
AN
(N=63)
p-value
Demographics

 Age (yrs.), mean (SD) 16.3 (2.6) 16.7 (2.5) .36
 Female, n (%) 43 (89.6%) 58 (92.0%) .65
 Race, n (%)
 White 37 (77.1%) 53 (84.1%) .37
 Black/African American 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.6%)
 Asian 6 (12.5%) 7 (11.1%)
 Multiple/Other 5 (10.4%) 2 (3.2%)
 Ethnicity, n (%)
 Non-Hispanic 35 (72.9%) 52 (82.5%) .26
 Hispanic or Latino 13 (27.0%) 11 (27.1%)
Weight History, mean (SD)

 Highest historical weight (kg) 66.8 (15.0) 54.3 (9.7) <.001
 Highest historical %mBMI* 129.4 (29.1) 104.7 (16.0) <.001
 Weight loss (kg) 14.6 (12.1) 12.7 (6.8) .30
 % weight loss (%) 20 (10.5) 22.3 (8.7) .21
 Rate of weight loss (kg/mo) 1.65 (1.3) 1.62 (1.4) .92
 Admission weight (kg) 52.2 (7.3) 41.6 (5.3) <.001
 %mBMI on admission 95.4% (9.0) 76.9% (5.6) <.001
Menstrual History

 Amenorrhea ≥ 3m. n (%) 20 (62.5%) 33 (68.8%) .63
 Duration of amenorrhea (mo), mean (SD) 5.18 (7.22)
[N=41]
6.34 (6.7)
[N=51]
.42
*

%mBMI = percent median BMI