Table 1.
Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) of demographic and eating disorders variables for the two groups (healthy controls-HC, and anorexics-AN), and results of the t-tests.
| Demographic and Eating Disorder Variables | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC (N = 20) | AN (N = 20) | ||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | t | df | p | |
| Age | 23.85 | 3.23 | 23.30 | 7.60 | 0.29 | 38 | 0.767 |
| BMI | 18.94 | 0.98 | 15.86 | 1.12 | 9.22 | 38 | 0.001 |
| EDI—drive for thinness | 2.00 | 3.54 | 13.05 | 7.42 | −6.01 | 38 | 0.001 |
| EDI—bulimia | 0.40 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 2.19 | −1.02 | 38 | 0.313 |
| EDI—body dissatisfaction | 4.00 | 3.66 | 13.10 | 7.15 | −5.07 | 38 | 0.001 |
| BSQ | 64.55 | 17.13 | 118.75 | 32.89 | −6.54 | 38 | 0.001 |
| BUT GSI | 0.93 | 0.28 | 2.58 | 1.01 | −7.07 | 37 | 0.001 |
| BITE Symptoms | 6.10 | 3.97 | 11.80 | 6.41 | −3.38 | 38 | 0.002 |
| BITE Severity | 1.15 | 1.18 | 2.80 | 3.96 | −1.79 | 38 | 0.082 |
BMI = Body Mass Index; EDI = Eating Disorder Inventory; BSQ = Body Shape Questionnaire; BUT GSI = Body Uneasiness Test, General Symptom Index subscale, BITE = Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh.