Table 2.

Comparison of the current, maximum and minimum body mass index (BMI) for the intentional weight loss and the overeating phenotypes

BMI variable	Intentional Weight Loss			F	Overeating			F
	anorexia nervosa (n=22)	lost a lot of weight/kept it down (n=429)	no weight loss (n=1133)	p	bulimia nervosa (n=23)	overeating only (n=232)	no overeating (n=1416)	p
BMI - current	20.59 (2.43) 1	24.35 (4.52) 2	22.57 (3.79) 3	18.57	25.90 (4.67) 1	24.19 (4.83) 1	22.76 (3.84) 2	7.60
				<0.001				0.001
BMI - maximum	23.71 (3.45) 1	26.72 (5.12) 2	24.04 (3.99) 1	32.16	29.21 (4.85) 1	26.53 (5.67) 1	24.39 (4.08) 2	18.48
				<0.001				<0.001
BMI- minimum	17.61 (2.17) 1	20.51 (2.26) 2	19.44 (2.27) 3	31.76	21.15 (2.39) 1	20.17 (2.45) 1	19.59 (2.26) 2	4.44
				<0.001				0.012

Note: Superscripts indicate which groups differ within each of the two phenotypes