Table 1.
Demographic variables for study groups.
| Variable | A. Healthy Control Group (N = 24) | B. Anorexia Nervosa Group (N = 19) | C. Recovered Anorexia Nervosa Group (N = 24) | ANOVA | Post-Hoc Comparisonsb | ||||
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | p | ||
| Age (years) | 27.4 | 6.3 | 23.1 | 5.8 | 30.3 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 0.005 | B<C*** |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | 21.6 | 1.3 | 16.0 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 2.4 | 65.0 | <0.001 | A, C>B*** |
| Education (years) | 16.6 | 2.1 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 0.004 | B<A, C* |
| Drive for Thinnessd | 2.6 | 3.4 | 19.2 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 46.6 | <0.001 | B>C>A*** |
| Body Dissatisfactiond | 4.4 | 4.3 | 24.4 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 40.2 | <0.001 | B>C,A***; C>A** |
| Interoceptive Awarenessd | 1.3 | 1.9 | 9.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 39.4 | <0.001 | B>C,A***; C>A* |
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| SSRI | 5 | 26.3 | 6 | 25.0 | |||||
| Antipsychotic use | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
| SSRI and Antipsychotic use | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Major depression | 2 | 10.5 | 3 | 12.5 | |||||
| Anxiety disorder | 4 | 21.1 | 4 | 16.7 | |||||
| Major depression and Anxiety Disorder | 6 | 31.6 | 2 | 8.3 | |||||
a
BMI=body mass index
b
Significance computed with the Dunnett T3 post hoc test
c
SSRI = Serotonin reuptake inhibitor
d
From the Eating Disorder Inventory - 3
*
p < 0.05
**
p < 0.01
***
p < 0.005