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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2008 May;41(4):289–300. doi: 10.1002/eat.20509

TABLE 5.

Comorbidity profiles across probands

Disorder RAN % (n) PAN % (n) AN(B) % (n) χ 2 p-Value Group Differences
Childhood ANXIETY DISORDERS
Overanxious 34.6 (36) 38.2 (26) 27.3 (6) 0.90 ns
Separation anxiety 5.8 (6) 10.3 (7) 0.0 (0)
Anxiety disorders
Agoraphobia 2.9 (3) 1.5 (1) 4.4 (1)
GAD 11.5 (12) 20.6 (14) 4.4 (1) 4.79 ns
OCD 37.5 (39) 55.9 (38) 52.2 (12) 6.05 .049 RAN>PAN
Panic 9.6 (10) 13.4 (9) 17.4 (4) 1.33 ns
PTSD 8.6 (9) 20.9 (14) 9.1 (2) 5.74 ns
Social phobia 17.3 (18) 27.9 (19) 21.7 (5) 2.75 ns
Specific phobia 10.5 (11) 14.7 (10) 4.4 (1) 2.00 ns
Mood disorders
MDD 64.4 (67) 83.6 (53) 87.0 (20) 10.1 .007 RAN>PAN, AN(B)
Depression NOS 1.0 (1) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Dysthymia 1.9 (2) 11.8 (8) 8.7 (2) 7.1 .029 RAN>PAN
Cyclothymia 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Bipolar I 1.0 (1) 0 (0.0) 4.4 (1)
Bipolar II 1.0 (1) 1.5 (1) 0.0 (0)
Bipolar NOS 1.0 (1) 1.5 (1) 0.0 (0)
Substance use disorders
Alcohol abuse/dependence 14.4 (15) 25.0 (17) 43.5 (10) 10.1 .006 RAN<AN(B)
Drug abuse/dependence 9.6 (10) 21.5 (14) 26.1 (6) 6.5 .039 RAN<PAN, AN(B)

Notes: GAD, generalized anxiety disorder; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder; NOS, not otherwise specified; RAN, anorexia nervosa, restricting type; PAN, anorexia nervosa, purging type; AN(B), anorexia nervosa, with binge eating.