Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the study sample. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.
| Women with ANR (n = 17) | Women with ANBP (n = 6) | Healthy Women (n = 20) |
F2,40 | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, yrs | 20.5 ± 3.1 | 25.2 ± 5.2 | 23.0 ± 3.3 | 4.94 | 0.02 |
| Body weight, kg | 38.6 ± 6.0 | 39.8 ± 4.3 | 55.2 ± 6.3 | 39.59 | 3.29 × 10−10 |
| BMI | 15.0 ± 1.8 | 14.7 ± 1.5 | 20.3 ± 1.4 | 59.29 | 1.08 × 10−12 |
| EDE restraint | 4.5 ± 0.9 | 4.4 ± 1.2 | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 146.07 | 4.12 × 10−19 |
| EDE eating concern | 3.7 ± 1.1 | 3.8 ± 1.3 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 91.61 | 1.17 × 10−15 |
| EDE weight concern | 4.2 ± 1.5 | 3.7 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.7 | 63.55 | 3.82 × 10−13 |
| EDE shape concern | 4.8 ± 1.3 | 4.7 ± 1.5 | 0.5 ±1.0 | 66.19 | 2.05 × 10−13 |
| BSI somatization | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 36.45 | 9.69 × 10−10 |
| BSI obsessive-compulsive | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 3.0 ± 0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.4 | 43.26 | 9.96 × 10−11 |
| BSI interpersonal sensitivity | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 116.57 | 2.05 × 10−17 |
| BSI depression | 2.7 ± 0.7 | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 145.62 | 4.34 × 10−19 |
| BSI anxiety | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 93.17 | 8.83 × 10−16 |
| BSI hostility | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 1.2 | 0.2 ± 0.3 | 27.80 | 2.69 × 10−8 |
| BSI phobic anxiety | 1.5 ± 1.0 | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 24.78 | 9.94 × 10−8 |
| BSI paranoid ideation | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 0.1 ± 0.3 | 36.55 | 9.37 × 10−10 |
| BSI psychoticism | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.9 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | 64.62 | 2.95 × 10−13 |
SD: standard deviation; ANR = restricting anorexia nervosa type; ANBP = binge-purging anorexia nervosa type; BMI = Body mass index; EDE = Eating Disorder Examination Interview; BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory.