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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2017 Oct 16;50(11):1332–1338. doi: 10.1002/eat.22784

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics and Assessments of Psychopathology

P Values, Hedges’ g

H (n=34) AN-WR (n=26) AN (n=19) AN-WR vs. H AN vs. H AN-WR vs. AN Overall ANOVA
Age (Years) 23.9 ± 0.8 22.9 ± 0.5 25.1 ± 1.7 - - - 0.38
Weight (kg) 61.5 ± 0.9 60.7 ± 1.4 47.2 ± 1.1 0.59, 0.13 <0.0001, 2.72 <0.0001, 2.09 <0.0001
% Ideal body weight 101.2 ± 1.1 100.2 ± 1.6 80.7 ± 1.1 0.58, 0.14 <0.0001, 3.36 <0.0001, 2.76 <0.0001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 22.6 ± 0.3 22.5 ± 0.4 17.7 ± 0.2 0.72, 0.07 <0.0001, 3.36 <0.0001, 2.93 <0.0001
Lowest adult body mass index (kg/m2) 20.8 ± 0.3 17.1 ± 0.5 14.9 ± 0.5 <0.0001, 1.78 <0.0001, 3.09 0.001, 1.01 <0.0001
Oxytocin 1501 ± 114 984 ± 93 1230 ± 86 0.0005, 0.86 0.09, 0.46 0.14, 0.56 0.002
Eating Disorder Examination - Questionnaire
 Dietary Restraint 0.5 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.3 <0.0001, 1.32 <0.0001, 2.04 0.16, 0.34 <0.0001
 Eating Concern 0.14 ± 0.03 1.8 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.3 <0.0001, 1.59 <0.0001, 3.42 0.002, 0.72 <0.0001
 Shape Concern 0.9 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.3 <0.0001, 1.64 <0.0001, 2.13 0.31, 0.28 <0.0001
 Weight Concern 0.6 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.4 <0.0001, 1.57 <0.0001, 1.64 0.73, 0.08 <0.0001
 Global Score 0.5 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.3 3.0 ± 0.3 <0.0001, 1.70 <0.0001, 2.50 0.20, 0.32 <0.0001
Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathologya
 Suspiciousness 17.8 ± 1.0 24.0 ± 2.3 29.8 ± 2.6 0.02, 0.70 <0.0001, 1.44 0.047, 0.51 0.0002
 Insecure Attachment 22.6 ± 1.4 24.8 ± 1.4 30.8 ± 2.7 0.35, 0.31 0.002, 0.86 0.03, 0.63 0.007
Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scalea
 Social Fear 5.4 ± 1.0 9.7 ± 1.1 15.8 ± 1.6 0.01, 0.80 <0.0001, 1.70 0.001, 0.96 <0.0001
 Public Fear 6.8 ± 1.0 11.2 ± 1.0 17.4 ± 2.0 0.01, 0.84 <0.0001, 1.52 0.002, 0.89 <0.0001
 Social Avoidance 5.0 ± 0.7 8.5 ± 1.2 14.5 ± 1.8 0.03, 0.71 <0.0001, 1.63 0.001, 0.86 <0.0001
 Public Avoidance 5.0 ± 0.9 8.0 ± 1.1 14.3 ± 2.0 0.10, 0.58 <0.0001, 1.37 0.002, 0.88 <0.0001
Toronto Alexithymia Scaleb
 Difficulty Describing Feelings 9.3 ± 0.8 14.6 ± 1.0 14.4 ± 1.0 0.0004, 1.50 0.002, 1.72 0.89, 0.05 0.0006
 Difficulty Identifying Feelings 9.4 ± 1.2 18.5 ± 2.1 20.8 ± 1.4 0.0005, 1.38 0.0001, 2.77 0.37, 0.33 0.0002
 Externally Orienting Thinking 15.5 ± 1.2 15.0 ± 1.1 18.7 ± 2.1 - - - 0.17
 Total Score 34.2 ± 2.7 48.1 ± 3.2 53.9 ± 3.1 0.002, 1.26 0.0002, 2.09 0.20, 0.50 0.0005

Values expressed as mean ± SEM. Boldface indicates significance.

a

Based on 28 H, 24 AN-WR, and 19 AN.

b

Based on 11 H, 14 AN-WR, and 9 AN.

Abbreviation: ANOVA, analysis of variance.