Table 2.

Socio-demographic variables of AN patients who required urgent admission and a planned admission control group

	Urgent group (n = 24)	Planned group (n = 109)	p
Married or with partner	9(37.5%)	15 (13.8%)	0.021*
Living alone	2(8.3%)	22(20.2%)	0.417
Divorced parents	3(1.5%)	9(8.2%)	0.371
History of bullying or abuse	8 (33.3%)	27(24.8%)	0.267
Education level
High school, vocational school	16(66.7%)	76(69.7%)	0.472
College or more	2(8.3%)	16(14.7%)	0.327
Employed	0(0%)	16(14.7%)	0.033*
A history of regular employment	7(29.1%)	21(19.3%)	0.208
A history of part-time work	8(33.3%)	44(40.4%)	0.345
Lifestyle -related factors
Smoking	4(16.6%)	24(22.0%)	0.345
Social drinking or more	4(16.6%)	36(33.0%)	0.385

Values are expressed as number of patients (%). Comparisons among groups were made using the chi-square test. *P < 0.05.