Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study 1

	AN (n=23)		HC (n=18)		Significance (p two-tailed)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	25.65	6.40	31.78	7.45	0.009
BMI	16.79	1.89	24.42	2.78	<0.001
Years of Education	14.83	2.57	16.44	2.09	0.030
Duration of illness (yrs)	11.28	6.93	---	---	---
EDE	2.61	1.05	---	---	---
EDE-Q	3.78	1.15	---	---	---
BIS	59.64	13.60	48.61	8.82	0.005
BDI	28.74	12.6	---	---	---
STAI-State	51.35	11.51	25.56	9.04	<0.001
STAI-Trait	62.77	9.19	27.72	8.13	<0.001

Note: BMI = Body Mass Index; EDE= Eating Disorder Examination; EDE-Q= Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; BIS = Barratt Impulsiveness Scale; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; STAI = State Trait Anxiety Inventory

^*BMI’s were only available for 11 out of 18 HCs.

“---“ indicates that data are not available