Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Data for the French and German Family-Based Cohorts and the French RAN and BPAN Subgroups.
| Population disorder |
French |
German |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN | RAN | BPAN | RAN | |
| Families number (N) | 321 | 153 | 154 | 41 |
| Female (%) | 97 | 97 | 97 | 95 |
| Age (years) | 22.3±7.4 | 19.4±6.5 | 25.2±7.2a | 16.0±1.9b |
| Age of onset of anorexia (years) | 16.2±4.5 | 15.6±4.4 | 16.8±4.4a | 14.6±1.2 |
| Duration of anorexia (years) | 6.1±6.0 | 3.9±4.8 | 8.3±6.2a | 1.5±1.3b |
| BMI minimum (kg/m2) | 13.6±2.2 | 12.9±1.7 | 14.4±2.2a | 13.5±0.2b |
| Major depressive episode (%) | 68 | 68 | 69 | n.a. |
| Suicide attempt (%) | 28 | 9 | 47a | n.a. |
| Alcohol and drug abuse/dependence (%) | 6 | 2 | 11a | n.a. |
| EATc dieting | 16.4±10.6 | 13.4±10.2 | 19.5±10.3a | n.a. |
| EAT bulimia | 7.6±6.0 | 4.6±4.3 | 10.6±5.8a | n.a. |
| EAT oral control | 7.4±5.3 | 7.7±5.2 | 7.2±5.3 | n.a. |
Abbreviation: n.a., not available.
a
Significant difference between RAN and BPAN from the French cohort.
b
Significant difference between French RAN subset and German RAN cohort.
c
Eating attitude test. Significant difference indicates a p-value inferior at 0.05 in one-way analysis of variance or t-test.
Data are indicated as N, %, or mean±SD.