Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.
| acAN (n = 37) | HC (n = 37) | t | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| age | 16.01 | 2.53 | 16.23 | 2.64 | 0.37 | 0.71 |
| IQ | 112.59 | 11.51 | 111.44 | 9.85 | 0.45 | 0.66 |
| BMI-SDS | −3.15 | 1.49 | −0.15 | 0.77 | 10.9 | <0.001 |
| EDI-2 total | 196.9 | 47.55 | 141.61 | 29.1 | 5.85 | <0.001 |
| SCL-90-R depression | 27.24 | 11.77 | 18.54 | 6.22 | 3.98 | <0.001 |
| duration of illness in years | 1.94 | 2.05 | — | — | ||
Notes. acAN = acute anorexia nervosa, HC = healthy control participants. Group differences were tested using Student’s t-tests. IQ = intelligence quotient, BMI-SDS = body mass index standard deviation score, EDI-2 = eating disorder inventory 2, SCL-90-R = symptom checklist 90 revisited. Of the 37 acAN patients, 35 were of the restrictive and 2 of the binge/purge subtype.