Table 2. Participant characteristics and subjective ratings.
| Age group | Adolescents (n = 33) | Adults (n = 32) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant group | AN (n = 15) | C (n = 18) | p | AN (n = 16) | C (n = 16) | p |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age (years) | 16.41 (1.38) | 15.95 (2.12) | n.s. (> .05) |
26.71 (6.62) | 26.88 (5.60) | n.s. (> .05) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.20 (2.02) | 21.40 (1.40) | < .001 | |||
| BMI age percentile | 2.87 (3.79) | 48.99 (30.69) | < .001 | |||
| Hunger feeling | 2.07 (0.80) | 2.06 (0.57) | n.s. (> .05) |
2.13 (0.89) | 2.25 (0.58) | n.s. (> .05) |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||||
| BDI | 21.67 (10.97) | 10.59 (9.61) | < .01 | 30.67 (8.36) | 4.29 (5.27) | < .001 |
| EDI-2 total score | 278.68 (68.26) | 225.19 (64.21) | < .05 | 353.55 (32.66) | 209.54 (42.94) | < .001 |
| EDI-2 drive for thinness | 28.20 (9.53) | 18.65 (9.03) | < .01 | 31.93 (9.19) | 15.94 (4.80) | < .001 |
| AN subtype | 13 rAN, 1 bpAN, 1 atypAN | 8 rAN, 7 bpAN, 1 atypAN | ||||
| Illness duration (months) | 14.5 (10.5) | 104.8 (98.2) | p < .01 (adolescents vs. adults) | |||
| Subjective Ratings | ||||||
| negative | 2.10 (0.66) | 2.37 (1.06) | n.s. | 2.14 (0.91) | 1.79 (0.47) | n.s. |
| neutral | 5.01 (0.93) | 4.78 (0.63) | n.s. | 5.07 (0.64) | 5.24 (0.61) | n.s. |
| positive | 7.47 (0.99) | 7.51 (1.09) | n.s. | 7.49 (1.01) | 7.80 (0.62) | n.s. |
| low-calorie | 6.38 (1.05) | 6.82 (0.88) | n.s. | 6.97 (1.07) | 6.47 (0.75) | n.s. |
| high-calorie | 4.08 (2.20) | 6.25 (1.50) | < .01 | 4.41 (1.78) | 5.61 (0.95) | < .05 |
AN = Anorexia nervosa patients, C = Control participants, rAN = restricting Anorexia nervosa, bpAN = binge-eating/purging type Anorexia nervosa, atypAN = atypical Anorexia nervosa, BMI = Body Mass Index, EDI-2 = Eating Disorder Inventory-2, BDI = Beck Depression Inventory.