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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2017 May 12;98:87–97. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.05.011

Table 2.

Participant characteristics.

Study Groups N Age (mean baseline) M BMI Pre (kg/m2) Duration of amenorrhea (months) Duration of AN (months) Diagnostic criteria Weight gain strategies Change in BMI or Weight
Bloch 2012 AN - DHEA
AN - Placebo
15
11
26.6 17.75 DSM-IV Ongoing psychotherapy which included weekly individual dynamic psychotherapy and group cognitive/supportive psychotherapy + nutritional assessment NS change in BMI
DiVasta 2012 AN - DHEA + OC
AN - Placebo
31
29
18
18.3
18.1
17.8
11 12 Participants were enrolled in outpatient therapy for an ED at Boston children’s hospital. Among trial completers, 5 lost weight (1.4–5.3 kg), 1 subject showed no change, and the remainder gained up to 21.7 kg.
Fazeli 2014 AN - TPT
AN - Placebo
10
11
47
47
17.6
16.6
N = 8
N = 7
292.8
216
Golden 2002 AN - EE/progestin
AN - Treatment controls
22
28
17.5
16.3
17.1
16.7
16.5 29.8 DSM-IV All subjects were in outpatient treatment for EDs.
Golden 2005 AN - Alendronate
AN - Placebo
15
17
16.9
16.9
16.3
16.4
20.1
19.9
25.7
34.7
DSM-IV 15 of 29 subjects achieved a weight 85% of standard body weight
Gordon 1999 AN - DHEA 15 17.3 17.3 20.9 29.1 DSM-IV Subjects enrolled in ED program in Boston Children’s Hospital NS change in BMI
Grinspoon 1996 AN - rhIGF1 100 μg
AN - rhIGF1 30 μg
23 23 16.3 22 60 DSM-IV NS change in BMI
Grinspoon 2002 AN - rhIGF-1
AN - Placebo
29
30
25.6 16.9
16.3
DSM-IV NS change in BMI
Iketani 2003 AN - MED +
AN - MED−
HC
10
11
12
22.1
21.3
22.2
13.6
13.7
19.6
3.6 yr
3.5 yr
3.9 yr
4.1 yr
DSM-IV Sig. increase in BMI in both groups, no differences between groups
Karlsson 2000 AN - ERT
AN - No treatment
AN - Recovered
HC
58
77
26
205
28.4
25.9
27.3
27.3
15.4
15.6
20.3
23.1
4.5 yr
5.4 yr
3.5 yr
ICD-10
Misra 2009 AN - rhIGF1
AN - Placebo
10
10
16.2
16.3
17.2
17.5
6.1
9
DSM-IV NS change in BMI
Misra 2011 AN - E +
AN - E−
HC
31
30
29
16.5
15.6
17.4
21.4
0.9 yr DSM-IV All girls with AN were under the care of multidisciplinary treatment teams organized by their primary providers.
Miller 2011 AN - Risedronate-Testosterone
AN - Risedronate
AN - Testosterone
AN - Placebo
20
20
19
18
25.2
25.3
27.1
26.9
17.8
17.6
17.5
17.9
6.3
5.1
6.6
5.2
DSM-IV Sig increases in weight in both groups, no differences across groups.
Miller 2004 AN - Risedronate
AN - control
10
14
28.6
26.9
44 kg
42 kg
33
23
DSM-IV No sig increase in BMI in exp. group, but control group BMI sig. Increased at 9 months (p < 0.01)
Miller 2005 AN - testosterone
AN - Placebo
24
9
25
22
16.9
16.6
DSM-IV NS change in BMI
Munoz - Cavalo 2007 AN-E +
AN - E−
HC
10
10
19
15.4 Sig. increase in BMI in Group 2 (patients with AN for < 1 yr)
Seeman 1992 AN OC
AN OC-HC
Primary amenorrhea
37
16
52
12
24.4 17.2 ± 0.8 66.5 ± 15.5 DSM- III- R NS difference in BMI across groups (cross-sectional)
Shibli-Rahhal 2012 AN TPt 1 52 14.3 4 yr 72 Weight restored prior to treatment. NS change in BMI following TPt.
Strokosch 2006 AN - NGM/EE
AN - Placebo
53
59
15.2
15.1
17.94 9.7 (m) DSM-IV NS change in BMI

Baseline participant characteristics. AN = Anorexia Nervosa, HC= Healthy Controls, BMI =Body Mass Index, Tpt= teriparatide, EE =ethinyl estradiol, ERT =estrogen replacement therapy. NGM = Norgestimate, OC = oral contraceptives, MED= Menatetrenone.