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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 8;55(11):962–971.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.07.778

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants

Characteristic Bulimia Nervosa Healthy Control Analysis

Mean SD Mean SD t df p

Age, years 16.6 1.5 16.3 2.1 −0.7 52 .46

Height, inches 63.5 2.3 63.8 3.3 0.4 52 .67

Weight, lbs. 126.2 17.1 126.6 20.4 0.1 52 .94

BMI 22.03 2.0 21.98 1.9 −0.1 52 .95

Duration of Illness, mos. 27.5 20.2

WASI IQ Score
 Full-4 105.4 11.6 103.0 16.4 −0.6 50 .56
 Verbal 109.2 12.9 105.8 16.0 −0.8 49 .42
 Performance 99.8 9.6 97.8 15.0 −0.6 49 .56

EDE Ratings
 OBEs past 28 days 15.3 18.7
 SBEs past 28 days 17.0 24.5
 LOC eating past 28 days 32.2 29.8
 Vomiting episodes past 28 days 15.3 18.7

BDIa 23.9 10.6 5.1 7.1 −5.8 31 <.01

CDI 50.6 2.7 52 0.5 4 .67

n % n %

Race/Ethnicity
 Caucasian 16 59.3 9 33.3
 Black 0 0.0 4 14.8
 Hispanic 7 25.9 9 33.3
 Asian 3 11.1 4 14.8
 Other 1 3.7 1 3.7

Past AN 5 18.5

Medication 9 33

Note: AN = anorexia nervosa; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; BMI = body mass index; CDI = Children’s Depression Inventory; EDE = Eating Disorders Examination; LOC = loss of control (sum of OBEs and SBEs); OBEs = objective bulimic episodes; SBEs = subjective bulimic episodes; WASI = Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence.

a

BDI scores were collected in n=18 adolescents with bulimia nervosa and n=15 healthy controls. CDI scores were collected in n=9 adolescents with bulimia nervosa and n=12 healthy controls.