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. 2020 Aug 7;24(2):185–204. doi: 10.1007/s00737-020-01057-5

Table 2.

Results summary of the studies included in this review grouped by diagnoses of eating disorders

Eating disorders (EDs) Anorexia nervosa (AN) Bulimia nervosa (BN)
Factors supported by more robust evidence

•Maternal stress during pregnancy

•Preterm birth

•Higher maternal age

•Preeclampsia and eclampsia

•Multiparity

•Hypoxic complications

•Prematurity or preterm birth (< 32 weeks)

•Small for gestational age or lower birth size

•Maternal stress during pregnancy
Factors supported by less robust evidence

•Gestational diabetes

•Vit. D deficiency

•Low maternal weight

•Viral infection during pregnancy

•Season of birth (spring)

•Maternal smoke habit

•Vit. D deficiency

•Dysmaturity signs