Table 1.
Demographics and psychometric scores.
| Characteristic | AN group (N = 25) | BDD group (N = 32) | Control group (N = 37) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | ||
| Age (years) | 22.1 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 4.8 | 21.7 | 4.5 | NS |
| Female/male | 23/2 | 27/5 | 32/5 | NS† | |||
| Education (years) | 14.1 | 3.1 | 14.9 | 3.2 | 13.9 | 2.7 | NS |
| BMI | 20.3b | 1.4 | 22.5a | 3.2 | 22.3c | 3.0 | P < 0.01 |
| EDE global score | 2.8 | 1.3 | N/A | – | N/A | – | – |
| YBC scores | 20.5 | 7.9 | N/A | – | N/A | – | – |
| BDD–YBOCS score | N/A | – | 29.5 | 5.5 | N/A | – | – |
| HAMA score | 7.0a | 6.0 | 10.1a | 6.7 | 2.2b | 1.8 | P < 0.001 |
| MADRS score | 10.4a | 9.3 | 15.5a | 7.9 | 1.3b | 1.7 | P < 0.001 |
| BABS score | 10.8 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 3.2 | N/A | – | P < 0.01 |
| Duration of illness (months) | 80.9 | 61.9 | 120.3 | 71.9 | N/A | – | P < 0.05 |
| Lowest lifetime BMI | 15.9 | 1.6 | N/A | – | N/A | – | – |
| BDD appearance concerns (number in each category) AN subtype |
Restricting type: 24 Binge eating /purging type: 1 |
Face only: 9 Non face only: 1 Face /non-face: 22 |
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BDD, body dysmorphic disorder; BDD-YBOCS, BDD version of the Yale–Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale; BABS, Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale; BMI, body mass index; EDE, Eating Disorder Examination; HARS, Hamilton anxiety rating scale; MADRS, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; N/A, not applicable; S.D., Standard deviation; YBC, Yale-Brown-Cornell eating disorder scale.
a, b, cLetters indicate which groups differed significantly on the ANOVA follow-up tests
†χ2 test was performed to test for female/male.