Table 2.
General characteristics and PA parameters for AN patients at first study assessment, AN patients at outpatient follow-up and healthy controls °.
| Participant Characteristics and PA | AN (First Study Assessment) (n = 25) |
AN (Follow-Up) (n = 25) |
Healthy Controls (n = 20) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 16.49 (15.08/17.38) (12.44–17.85) |
16.90 (15.49/17.82) b (12.88–18.20) |
15.02 (13.59/15.84) 2 (12.07–17.86) |
| Height, centimeters | 165.4 ± 5.5 (156.3–183.0) |
164.9 ± 5.1 a (156.6–181.3) |
165.1 ± 7.1 (153.0–178.0) |
| Weight, kilograms | 41.9 ± 4.4 (35.3– 53.0) |
48.3 ± 3.8 b (41.1–56.6) |
57.3 ± 9.4 II 2 (38.8–70.8) |
| BMI, kilogram/meter2 | 15.34 ±1.72 (12.80–20.40) |
17.87 ± 1.56 b (14.50–21.80) |
20.96 ± 2.88 II 2 (16.00–27.60) |
| BMI, percentile | 2.8 ± 8.9 (0.0–43.0) |
13.2 ± 13.7 b (0.0–61.0) |
51.8 ± 25.5 II 2
(7.0–93.0) |
| Steps | 7821 (5948/9296) (2753–23923) |
10475 (8612/14975) a (646–23273) |
11390 (8261/13680) (4427–23139) |
| Sedentary behavior (min) (≥1.1 to ≤ 1.8 METs) |
712 (634/760) (483–868) |
681 (636/747) (499–848) |
647 (557/732) (386–853) |
| Light PA (min) (>1.8 and < 3 METs) |
103.0 (89.7/155.7) (41.0–293.0) |
90.0 (64.0/117.7) a (49.0–162.0) |
55.0 (41.8/88.1) II 2 (14.0–303.0) |
| Moderate PA (min) (≥3 to < 6 METs) |
73.0 (35.7/108.7) (22.0–268.0) |
96.0 (73.0/132.3) (3.0–275.0) |
121.5 (82.3/188.2) (25.0–302.0) |
| Vigorous PA (min) (≥6 METs) |
1.0 (0.0/3.3) (0.0–23.0) |
13.0 (5.0/33.3) b (0.0–116.0) |
2.0 (0.4/15.8) 1 (0.0–55.0) |
° The values are means ± SDs (range) (first quartile/ third quartile). AN, anorexia nervosa; BMI, body mass index; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; PA, physical activity; AN (first study assessment) vs. AN (follow-up): a, p < 0.05; b, p < 0.01; AN (first study assessment) vs. healthy controls: II, p < 0.01; AN (follow-up) vs. healthy controls: 1, p < 0.05; 2, p < 0.01.