Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics at admission of 56 patients

Variable	Mean (SD) or number (%)
Demographic characteristics
Age in years	24.8 (8.5)
Female	45 (80%)
Caucasian	54 (96%)
Not marrieda	53 (98%)
Education levelb
< High school diploma	3 (6%)
High school diploma or GED	9 (17%)
Some college	22 (42%)
College degree	18 (35%)
Eating disorder diagnosis by admitting physician
Anorexia nervosa	23 (41%)
Bulimia nervosa	14 (25%)
Eating disorder not otherwise specified	19 (34%)
Mood disorder diagnosis by admitting physician
None	34 (61%)
Major depressive disorder	15 (26%)
Bipolar disorder	4 (7%)
Depressive disorder not otherwise specified	3 (5%)

^an = 54.

^bn = 52.