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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2017 Feb 2;50(4):359–369. doi: 10.1002/eat.22681

Table 4.

Table 4a. Comparison of BMD measurements of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients based on menstrual status and controls
BMD Z- scores AN with amenorrhea
AN with eumenorrhea Controls ANOVA
>6 months ≤6 months
n=114 n=54 n=37 n=90 P value

WBLH −1.11 ± 0.13 −1.07 ± 0.09 −0.54 ± 0.16 −0.41 ± 0.09 <0.0001a,b,d,e
Spine −1.04 ± 0.09 −0.97 ± 0.14 −0.66 ± 0.16 −0.04 ± 0.10 <0.0001a,b,c
Hip −0.90 ± 0.09 −0.73 ± 0.13 −0.57 ± 0.16 0.13 ± 0.11 <0.0001a,b,c
4b.
BMD Z- scores AN with amenorrhea
AN with eumenorrhea Controls ANOVA
>1 year ≤ 1 year
n=57 n=111 n=37 n=90 P value

WBLH −1.23 ± 0.12 −1.00 ± 0.09 −0.54 ± 0.16 −0.41 ± 0.09 <0.0001a,b,d
Spine −1.19 ± 0.13 −0.92 ± 0.10 −0.66 ± 0.16 −0.04 ± 0.10 <0.0001a,b,c
Hip −1.09 ± 0.13 −0.73 ± 0.09 −0.57 ± 0.16 0.13 ± 0.11 <0.0001a,b,c

WBLH: whole body less head

a

p≤ 0.0001 for AN with amenorrhea >6 months vs. controls

b

p≤ 0.001 for AN with amenorrhea ≤6 months vs. controls

c

p<0.005 for AN with eumenorrhea vs controls

d

p<0.05 for AN with amenorrhea >6 months vs. eumenorrhea

e

p<0.05 for AN with amenorrhea ≤6 months vs. eumenorrhea

WBLH: whole body less head

a

p≤ 0.0001 for AN with amenorrhea >1 year vs. controls

b

p≤ 0.0002 for AN with amenorrhea <1 year vs. controls

c

p≤0.01 for AN with eumenorrhea vs. controls

d

p<0.05 for AN with amenorrhea >1 year vs. AN with eumenorrhea