Table 2.
Pearson’s correlations
| BMI | REE | Cortisol levels | SCL-90 GSI | EDE-Q total | EDE-Q restraint | EDE-Q EC | EDE-Q WC | EDE-Q SC | |
| Anorexia Nervosa patients; n: 22 | |||||||||
| Age | -0.11 | -0.07 | -0.05 | -0.58a | -0.12 | 0.06 | -0.13 | -0.12 | 0.02 |
| BMI | -0.63b | -0.49a | 0.13 | -0.32 | -0.20 | -0.42 | -0.25 | -0.46a | |
| REE | 0.83b | 0.10 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.45 | 0.63b | ||
| Cortisol levels | 0.68 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.68b | |||
| SCL-90 GSI | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.76b | ||||
| Bulimia Nervosa patients; n: 21 | |||||||||
| Age | -0.16 | 0.14 | -0.04 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.38 | -0.12 | 0.42 | 0.13 |
| BMI | 0.59b | 0.77 | -0.20 | 0.16 | -0.21 | 0.45a | 0.15 | 0.2 | |
| REE | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.46a | ||
| Cortisol levels | -0.10 | -0.05 | 0.33 | -0.12 | 0.12 | 0.23 | |||
| SCL-90 GSI | 0.37 | 0.28 | 0.40 | -0.02 | 0.30 | ||||
Data are Pearson’s correlation coefficients:
a
P < 0.05;
b
P < 0.01. REE: Resting energy expenditure; BMI: Body mass index; SCL-90 GSI: Symptom checklist (SCL 90-R) global severity index; EDE-Q: Eating disorder examination questionnaire; EC: Eating concern; WC: Weight concern; SC: Shape concern.