Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the whole sample and diagnostic subtype groups (means ± standard deviations).
| Whole Sample (n = 84) | Restricting Subtype (n = 57) |
Binge-Purging Subtype (n = 27) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 27.04 ± 8.80 | 26.33 ± 8.19 | 28.76 ± 10.09 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.96 ± 1.87 | 16.77 ± 1.87 | 17.24 ± 1.78 |
| Age at Onset | 17.58 ± 4.93 | 17.48 ± 4.92 | 17.64 ± 4.95 |
| Illness Duration | 8.94 ± 8.85 | 8.22 ± 7.94 | 8.73 ± 8.75 |
| IDEA Total | 2.08 ± 1.07 | 1.98 ± 1.10 | 2.34 ± 0.97 |
| IDEA GEO | 1.83 ± 1.04 | 1.84 ± 1.07 | 1.85 ± 0.99 |
| IDEA OM | 2.38 ± 1.28 | 2.22 ± 1.36 | 2.73 ± 1.05 |
| IDEA EB | 1.91 ± 1.27 | 1.73 ± 1.29 | 2.38 ± 1.07 |
| IDEA S | 2.36 ± 1.25 | 2.23 ± 1.33 | 2.66 ± 1.03 |
| EDI IN | 12.40 ± 8.61 | 11.35 ± 8.65 | 15.00 ± 8.18 |
| EDI MF | 10.19 ± 6.67 | 10.11 ± 6.37 | 10.54 ± 7.47 |
| EDI SI | 8.74 ± 4.49 | 8.60 ± 4.52 | 9.38 ± 4.21 |
| EDI BD | 13.36 ± 7.93 | 12.61 ± 8.1 | 15.27 ± 7.39 |
| EDI P | 7.13 ± 4.82 | 6.93 ± 5.04 | 7.65 ± 4.45 |
| EDI ID | 7.94 ± 4.95 | 8.00 ± 5.11 | 8.04 ± 4.62 |
| EDI IR | 8.05 ± 7.36 | 7.25 ± 6.83 | 9.96 ± 8.35 |
| EDI DT | 12.51 ± 7.69 | 11.61 ± 8.08 | 14.81 ± 6.30 |
| EDI BU | 3.15 ± 4.96 | 1.30 ± 2.38 | 7.35 ± 6.51 * |
| EDI IA | 12.60 ± 8.37 | 11.25 ± 8.09 | 16.00 ± 8.01 |
| EDI ASC | 7.54 ± 5.67 | 6.75 ± 4.92 | 9.38 ± 6.86 |
BMI, body mass index; IDEA, IDentity and EAting disorders; GEO, feeling oneself through the gaze of the other; OM, feeling oneself through objective measures; EB, feeling extraneous from one’s own body; S, feeling oneself through starvation; EDI, Eating Disorders Inventory; IN, ineffectiveness; MF, maturity fear; SI, social insecurity; BD, body dissatisfaction; P, perfectionism; ID, interpersonal distrust; I, impulsivity; DT, drive for thinness; BU, bulimia; IA, interoceptive awareness; ASC, asceticism.* vs. ANR p < 0.001.