Table II.
Demographic and eating related variables. Group comparisons by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) are presented.
| CW (n = 18)
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AN (n = 15)
|
BN (n = 14)
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F | P | Group differences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Study age (years) | 24.7 | 3.1 | 25.2 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 2.4 | 0.188 | 0.830 | |
| Current BMI (kg/m 2) | 21.5 | 1.8 | 21.0 | 2.4 | 20.6 | 2.1 | 0.819 | 0.447 | |
| Highest past BMI (kg/m 2) | 22.4 | 2.1 | 22.5 | 2.6 | 22.9 | 2.1 | 0.255 | 0.776 | |
| Lowest past BMI (kg/m 2) | 20.0 | 1.2 | 14.5 | 1.8 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 48.40 | <0.001 | 2, 3 < 1, 2 < 3 |
| Age of onset (years) | 13.4 | 1.4 | 15.1 | 2.0 | 7.488 | 0.011 | 2 < 3 | ||
| Length of recovery (months) | 72.4 | 31.3 | 41.1 | 28.0 | 7.983 | 0.009 | 2 > 3 | ||
| BDI (Total) | 1.8 | 2.3 | 7 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.218 | 0.009 | 2, 3 > 1 |
| Novelty Seeking/TCI | 40.6 | 13.3 | 40.6 | 12.3 | 41.6 | 12.8 | 0.03 | 0.971 | |
| Harm Avoidance/TCI | 27.1 | 10.2 | 37.4 | 12.8 | 34.5 | 15.8 | 2.829 | 0.07 | |
| Spielberger State Anxiety | 32.2 | 6.3 | 41.5 | 11.4 | 39 | 10.0 | 4.50 | 0.017 | 1 < 2 |
| Y–BOCS (Total) | 0.4 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 8.942 | 0.001 | 1, 3 < 2 |
| EDI (Total) | 12.8 | 8.5 | 36.2 | 27.6 | 40.4 | 22.9 | 8.60 | 0.001 | 2,3 > 1 |
CW (1), healthy control women; AN (2), women recovered from anorexia nervosa, restricting type; BN (3), women recovered from bulimia nervosa; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; Y-BOCS, Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale; EDI, Eating Disorder Inventory: df 2,44. P-values <.05 are marked in bold font weight.