Table 1.
Demographics data and neuropsychological test performance.
| Patients | Controls | Significancea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | |||
| Age | 23.8 ± 7.2 | 25.2 ± 6.6 | n.s. |
| Gender (female/male) | 19/3 | 24/2 | n.s. |
| BMI | 15.1 ± 1.4 | 24 ± 3.2 | p < 0.001 |
| Education | |||
| No | n = 1 | n = 0 | |
| Primary | n = 0 | n = 0 | |
| Secondary | n = 19 | n = 26 | |
| n.a. | n = 2 | ||
| Eating disorder inventory scores (EDI-2) | |||
| Drive for thinness | 27.2 ± 6.7 | 16.9 ± 6 | p < 0.001 |
| Bulimia | 20.7 ± 10.4 | 11.3 ± 5.9 | p < 0.001 |
| Body dissatisfaction | 32.7 ± 9.3 | 27.9 ± 9.6 | n.s. |
| Ineffectiveness | 36.1 ± 8.1 | 23.9 ± 7.6 | p < 0.001 |
| Perfectionism | 19.3 ± 5.9 | 16.5 ± 4.5 | n.s. |
| Interpersonal distrust | 25.1 ± 5.7 | 17.9 ± 3.8 | p < 0.001 |
| Interoceptive awareness | 34.5 ± 8.4 | 19.9 ± 7.1 | p < 0.001 |
| Maturity fears | 26.8 ± 5.5 | 24.6 ± 6.8 | n.s. |
| Overall EDI score | 222.2 ± 39.5 | 158.8 ± 31.3 | p < 0.001 |
| Anxiety and depressive symptoms | |||
| STAI trait | 48.5 ± 9.0 | 36.3 ± 8.7 | p < 0.001 |
| STAI state | 51.5 ± 11.1 | 37.3 ± 6.7 | p < 0.001 |
| BDI | 22.7 ± 8.6 | 6.2 ± 5.1 | p < 0.001 |
| Cognitive performance | |||
| TMT A [ms] | 24.8 ± 8.4 | 26.5 ± 7.3 | n.s. |
| TMT B [ms] | 53.3 ± 16.1 | 51.4 ± 16.9 | n.s. |
| IQ (MWTB) | 103.7 ± 13.8 | 107 ± 15.4 | n.s. |
at-test; n.s. not significant, BMI body mass index, n.a. not accessible data, STAI State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, ms milliseconds, TMT Trail Making Test, MWTB Multiple Choice Word Test.