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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2007 Nov 2;38(10):1465–1474. doi: 10.1017/S0033291707001833

Table 5.

Average excess utilization in the 12 months following the index visit in women with AN, BN and EDNOS, by age group, for phone consultations, mental health visits, and prescription of anxiolytics

Diagnosis	Age group (years)	Subjects (n)	Phone consultations		Mental health		Anxiolytics^a
Diagnosis	Age group (years)	Subjects (n)	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.
AN	18–24	11	5.09	10.43	2.36	4.43	−0.05	0.13
	25–34	10	1.90	5.30	1.70	2.91	−0.10	0.14
	35–55	7	21.29	34.53	17.00	25.09	0.69	0.54
BN	18–24	25	4.04	6.03	2.32	3.42	−0.05	0.22
	25–34	22	7.68	15.12	4.05	5.77	0.17	0.47
	35–55	30	7.80	10.06	7.10	11.31	0.33	0.51
EDNOS	18–24	39	2.59	5.33	1.77	3.00	0.07	0.33
	25–34	23	6.65	9.41	5.30	6.00	0.09	0.40
	35–55	37	6.54	9.69	6.32	7.94	0.24	0.52

AN, Anorexia nervosa; BN, bulimia nervosa; EDNOS, eating disorders not otherwise specified; S.D., standard deviation.

Means here represent average di3erences in proportion of participants receiving prescriptions for anxiolytics.