TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical variables in patients with EDs, affective disorders, and controls.
| Variables |
Patients with Anorexia Nervosa (n = 41) |
Patients with depression (n = 20) |
Non-patient controls (n = 53) |
F (2,111) | P-value | η2 |
| M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | ||||
| Age | 17.58 ± 2.57 | 15.85 ± 1.85 | 17.63 ± 2.39 | 4.52 | p = 0.03 | 0.075 |
| Mother’s education | 14.02 ± 2.43 | 15.25 ± 4.12 | 15.39 ± 2.19 | 3.15 | p = 0.03 | 0.054 |
| Father’s education | 13.34 ± 2.32 | 14.35 ± 2.92 | 15.34 ± 2.14 | 8.34 | p < 0.001 | 0.13 |
| Losses in family | 9.8% | 5% | 1.9% | 1.44 | p = 0.25 | 0.03 |
| Body mass index | 18.04 ± 1.72 | 21.90 ± 4.35 | 21.21 ± 2.46 | 21.14 | p < 0.001 | 0.28 |
| Estimated IQ | 10.84 ± 1.99 | 10.40 ± 2.11 | 11.55 ± 1.96 | 2.70 | p = 0.07 | 0.05 |
EDs, eating disorders.