Table 1.
Participant Demographics
| Anorexia Nervosa (n = 47)
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Bulimia Nervosa (n = 120–121†)
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| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 25.68 | 8.27 | 25.21 | 7.55 | |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | 16.99 | 0.95 | 24.00 | 5.21 | |
| EDE Global | 3.08 | 1.20 | 3.27 | 1.13 | |
| EDE Restraint | 3.15 | 1.49 | 3.00 | 1.56 | |
| EDE Eating Concern | 2.57 | 1.30 | 2.28 | 1.38 | |
| EDE Shape Concern | 3.34 | 1.53 | 3.78 | 1.32 | |
| EDE Weight Concerna | 3.26 | 1.59 | 4.00 | 1.39 | |
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| n | % | n | % | ||
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| Ethnicity (Caucasian) | 45 | 95.74 | 116 | 96.67 | |
| Marital Status (single/never married) | 31 | 65.96 | 79 | 65.83 | |
| Education (any post-secondary) | 42 | 89.36 | 106 | 88.33 | |
Note. BMI = Body Mass Index; EDE = Eating Disorder Examination interview.
†
Demographic information (except for BMI) is missing for one participant.
a
Diagnostic groups differed significantly in BMI (t(165) = 9.15, p<.001) and EDE Weight Concern (t(166) = 2.97, p<.01).
All other diagnostic comparisons were non-significant (p>.05).