Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics: restrictive and binge-purge subtypes
| |
Median (IQR) |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN-R (n = 42) | EDNOS-R (n = 28) | AN-BP (n = 42) | EDNOS-BP (n = 38) | BN (n = 49) | Kruskall Wallis | Post hoc | |
|
Age |
23.0 (10.5) |
26.0 (12.0) |
25.0 (9.0) |
27.0 (8.0) |
28.0 (9.0) |
n.s. |
|
|
Duration of illness |
7.0 (7.13) |
6.0 (8.0) |
7.0 (12.0) |
9.0 (9.25) |
9.0 (10.25) |
n.s. |
|
|
BMI |
16.0 (2.33) |
17.2 (2.2) |
16.8 (1.65) |
22.4 (6.47) |
22.0 (6.34) |
H = 127.08, p < .001 |
ANR < ANBP = EDNOSR < BN = EDNOSBP |
|
EDE global score |
2.95 (1.85) |
2.7 (2.5) |
3.9 (1.75) |
4.06 (1.49) |
3.79 (1.06) |
H = 18.03, p = .001 |
EDNOSR = ANR < BN = ANBP = EDNOSBP |
|
EDE dietary restraint |
3.65 (2.35) |
3.2 (3.4) |
4.4 (1.7) |
3.0 (2.6) |
3.6 (1.87) |
H = 16.18, p = .003 |
EDNOSBP = EDNOSR = BN = ANR < ANBP |
|
EDE eating concern |
2.4 (2.75) |
1.6 (4.0) |
3.3 (2.0) |
3.2 (1.7) |
3.0 (2.2) |
H = 16.52, p = .002 |
EDNOSR = ANR < BN = EDNOSBP = ANBP |
|
EDE weight concern |
3.2 (2.65) |
3.5 (3.38) |
3.35 (2.5) |
4.6 (1.43) |
4.43 (1.94) |
H = 16.87, p = .002 |
ANR = ANBP = EDNOSR < BN = EDNOSBP |
|
EDE shape concern |
3.6 (2.48) |
2.8 (3.1) |
3.85 (2.1) |
5.07 (1.22) |
5.07 (1.32) |
H = 47.39, p < .001 |
EDNOSR = ANR = ANBP < EDNOSBP = BN |
|
OBE |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
3.0 (20.0) |
5.0 (27.0) |
16.0 (22.5) |
H = 93.74 p < .001 |
ANR = EDNOSR < ANBP = EDNOSBP < BN |
|
SBE |
0.0 (2.0) |
0.0 (1.0) |
2.0 (14.5) |
8.0 (23.5) |
6.0 (19.0) |
H = 24.91 p < .001 |
ANR = EDNOSR < ANBP = BN = EDNOSBP |
| Self induced vomiting | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 9.0 (28.0) | 6.0 (18.0) | 15.0 (23.5) | H = 70.26 p < .001 | ANR = EDNOSR < EDNOSBP < BN EDNOSBP = ANBP = BN |
Notes: AN, anorexia nervosa, BN, bulimia nervosa, EDNOS, eating disorder not-otherwise-specified, R, restrictive, BP, binge-purge, BMI, Body Mass Index, EDE, Eating Disorder Examination, OBE, Objective Binge Episodes, SBE, Subjective Binge Episodes.