Table 1.
Characteristic of the matched participants.
| PAN | HC | t/x2 | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n (%) | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| Female | 24 (92.3) | 24 (92.3) | ||||||
| Male | 2 (7.7) | 2 (7.7) | ||||||
| Contraceptives | 0 (100) | 6 (25) | 9.474 | 0.003***. | ||||
| Cigarettes/tag | 4.80 (7.07) | 1.20 (3.25) | 23.126 | 0.000***. | ||||
| t | p | |||||||
| M (SD) | PAN BMI | |||||||
| >18.5 | PAN BMI | |||||||
| <17.5 | ||||||||
| BMI | 20.7 (3) | 16.0 (1) | 4.34 | 0.000*** | 23.08 (3.3) | −4.139 | 0.000***. | |
| Age | 26.50 (6.11) | 25.13 4.79 | 0.560 | 0.58 | 25.0 (5.5) | 0.747 | 0.500 | |
| Size | 170.00 (5.00) | 162.38 (5.55) | 3.30 | 0.003* | 168.21(7.05) | 0.452 | 0.653 | |
| Psychological variables | t | p | ||||||
| TICS-9 | 2.00 (.85) | 1.72 (.68) | 0.826 | 0.417 | 1.12 (.51) | 4.254 | 0.000*** | |
| Norm values | ||||||||
| BDI | 52.12 (29.70) | 35.42 (23.29) | 1.32 | 0.20 |
<14 = normal. 14–19 = mild. 20–28 = moderate. 29–63 = severe depression. |
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| SCL (GSI) | 15.00 (9.00) | 11.25 (5.36) | 1.07 | 0.29 | Score 11 = Percentile 92%. Score 15 = Percentile 95.2% | |||
| EDI | 154.166 (64.40) | 156.00 (45.91) | 0.072 | 0.93 | Score 155 = Percentile = 85%. | |||
| PASA (SI)-R | −1.04 (1.70) | −1.80 (1.58) | 1.05 | 0.30 | ||||
| PASA (SI)-TSST | 0.74 (1.71) | 0.71 (.97) | 0.211 | 0.83 | ||||
| VAS-R | 37.00 (11.30) | 39.20 (15.40) | −0.43 | 0.66 | ||||
| VAS-TSST | 55.25 (16.0) | 56.40 (6.30) | −0.192 | 0.85 | ||||
| AUCG-R | 503.57 (30.30) | 477.83 (184.84) | 0.22 | 0.82 | ||||
| AUCG-TSST | 550.02 (273.48) | 825.71 (558.559) | −1.71 | 1.00 | ||||
| AUCI-R | −52.05 (246.44) | 32.79 (139.249) | −0.90 | 0.37 | ||||
| AUCI-TSST | 111.65 (202.45) | 250.56 (479.51) | −1.05 | 0.30 |
PAN participants with Anorexia nervosa, HC healthy controls, M mean, SD standard deviation, TICS trier inventory chronic stress, BDI beck depression inventory, EDI eating disorder inventory, SCL Symptom-Checklist-K-9, PASA (SI)-R Primary Appraisal Secondary Appraisal (Stress Index) in Resting Condition, PASA (SI)-TSST primary appraisal secondary appraisal (Stress Index) in stress condition, VAS-R visual analogue scale in resting condition, VAS-TSST visual analogue scale in stress condition.
***p ≤ 0.001; *p ≤ 0.05.