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Table 1. Characteristics of the 15 studies included in the meta-analysis.

Study	Country (region)	Year(s) study conducted	Sampling method^a	Diagnostic criteria^b	Sample size	Diagnoses considered^c	Number of cases in different time intervals
Study	Country (region)	Year(s) study conducted	Sampling method^a	Diagnostic criteria^b	Sample size	Diagnoses considered^c	lifetime	prior 12 months	prior 4 weeks
Lee 1990(A)[28]	South Korea (Seoul)	1984	C,M,R	DSM-III	3134	AN	1	—	—
Lee 1990(B)[29]	South Korea (rural areas)	1984	C,M,R	DSM-III	1966	AN	0	—	—
Rand 1992[30]	United States (Florida)	1984-1985	R,M	DSM-III	2115	BN	23	—	—
Bijl 1998[31]	Netherlands	1996	M,S,R	DSM-III-R	7076	ED^d	49	27	18
						AN	7	0	0
						BN	42	27	18
Kringlen 2001[32]	Norway (Oslo)	1994-1997	R	DSM-III-R	2066	ED^d	37	14	—
Meyer 2001[33]	Germany	1996-1997	R	DSM-IV	4075	ED^d	28	7	3
						AN	4	0	0
						BN	2	0	0
Roca-Bennasar 2001[34]	Spain (Formentera)	1999	S,M	ICD-10	697	ED^d	—	—	13
Andrade 2002[35]	Brazil (São Paulo)	1994-1995	S,M,	ICD-10	1464	AN	0	0	0
Andrade 2002[35]	Brazil (São Paulo)	1994-1995	S,M,	ICD-10	1464	BN	22	15	10
Jacobi 2004[36]	Germany	1998-1999	M,R,S	DSM-IV	4181	ED^d	33	14	8
Well 2006^e[25]	New Zealand	2003-2004	M,S	DSM- IV	7435	ED^d	129	36	15
Browne 2006^e[26]						AN	45	<7	—
Browne 2006^e[27]						BN	95	31	—
Cho 2007[19]	South Korea	2001	M,C,R	DSM- IV	6275	ED^d	13	3	—
						AN	10	3	—
						BN	3	0	—
Hudson 2007[37]	United States	2001-2003	R,M,C	DSM- IV	2980	AN	19	0	—
						BN	32	9	—
						BED	85	37	—
Preti 2009[20]	6 Western European countries^f	2001-2003	S,M,C	DSM- IV	4139	ED^d	155	44	— — —
						AN	22	1
						BN	46	11
						BED	77	28
Swanon 2012[38]	Mexico	2001-2003	S,M,R	DSM- IV	1234	BED	32	—	—
Kessler 2013[39]	14 countries^g	2001-2009	S,M,C	DSM- IV	24,124	BN	241	96	—
Kessler 2013[39]	14 countries^g	2001-2009	S,M,C	DSM- IV	24,124	BED	458	193	—

^a R, random sampling; C, clustered sampling; S, stratified sampling; M, multi-stage sampling

^b DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; ICD, International Classification of Diseases

^c ED, eating disorders; AN, anorexia nervosa; BN, bulimia nervosa; BED, binge eating disorder

^d ED is defined as the sum of AN and BN in four studies,[19],[25]–[27],[31],[32] as the sum of AN,BN and other atypical eating disorders in three studies,[20],[33],[36] and is not clearly defined on one study[34]

^e The three reports on the study from New Zealand only provided rates so the numbers of cases are estimated multiplying the reported rates by the reported sample size

^f 6 European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain

^g Countries participating in WHO World Mental Health Survey: Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Romania, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain and United States