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TABLE 2.

Clinical and personality variables comparison between the groups

	AN‐R FA− (n = 33)		AN‐R FA+ (n = 39)		AN‐BP (n = 44)		AN‐R FA− versus AN‐R FA+		AN‐R FA− versus AN‐BP		AN‐R FA+ versus AN‐BP
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p	\|d\|	P	\|d\|	p	\|d\|
EDI‐2: Drive for thinness	6.39	6.73	11.90	6.19	12.09	7.05	0.001 ^a	0.85 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.83 ^b	0.895	0.03
EDI‐2: Body dissatisfaction	7.52	6.68	14.13	6.77	12.86	6.13	<0.001 ^a	0.98 ^b	0.001 ^a	0.83 ^b	0.379	0.20
EDI‐2: Interoceptive awareness	6.91	7.47	12.69	7.61	11.18	6.60	0.001 ^a	0.77 ^b	0.011 ^a	0.61 ^b	0.342	0.21
EDI‐2: Bulimia	0.82	1.40	2.74	2.77	6.18	5.17	0.028 ^a	0.88 ^b	<0.001 ^a	1.42 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.83 ^b
EDI‐2: Interpersonal distrust	5.27	5.35	7.38	5.27	6.68	5.03	0.089	0.40	0.242	0.27	0.540	0.14
EDI‐2: Ineffectiveness	7.24	7.48	12.23	7.46	11.32	6.94	0.004 ^a	0.67 ^b	0.016 ^a	0.57 ^b	0.569	0.13
EDI‐2: Maturity fears	6.30	4.93	9.13	7.46	8.70	6.23	0.063	0.45	0.104	0.43	0.762	0.06
EDI‐2: Perfectionism	5.97	4.86	6.51	4.22	6.09	5.04	0.628	0.12	0.912	0.02	0.686	0.09
EDI‐2: Impulse regulation	3.67	4.73	5.97	5.32	6.32	5.79	0.071	0.46	0.033 ^a	0.50 ^b	0.771	0.06
EDI‐2: Ascetic	5.06	5.34	7.00	3.93	6.41	3.61	0.057	0.41	0.173	0.30	0.530	0.16
EDI‐2: Social insecurity	6.45	5.37	9.21	5.46	7.91	4.79	0.027 ^a	0.51 ^b	0.226	0.29	0.259	0.25
EDI‐2: Total score	61.61	43.23	98.90	41.92	95.75	39.37	<0.001 ^a	0.88 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.83 ^b	0.730	0.08
SCL‐90R: Somatisation	1.14	0.89	1.96	0.98	1.72	0.86	<0.001 ^a	0.87 ^b	0.007 ^a	0.66 ^b	0.251	0.25
SCL‐90R: Obsessive/compulsive	1.14	0.92	1.98	0.74	1.81	0.84	<0.001 ^a	1.01 ^b	0.001 ^a	0.76 ^b	0.346	0.22
SCL‐90R: Interpersonal sensitivity	1.24	1.08	2.15	0.92	1.95	0.83	<0.001 ^a	0.91 ^b	0.001 ^a	0.74 ^b	0.341	0.22
SCL‐90R: Depressive	1.48	1.09	2.53	0.74	2.33	0.83	<0.001 ^a	1.13 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.88 ^b	0.301	0.26
SCL‐90R: Anxiety	1.18	1.07	1.98	0.92	1.73	0.94	0.001 ^a	0.80 ^b	0.016 ^a	0.54 ^b	0.232	0.28
SCL‐90R: Hostility	1.01	1.16	1.36	0.86	1.27	0.94	0.127	0.35	0.247	0.25	0.664	0.10
SCL‐90R: Phobic anxiety	0.43	0.52	1.17	1.10	1.01	0.88	0.001 ^a	0.86 ^b	0.005 ^a	0.80 ^b	0.406	0.16
SCL‐90R: Paranoid	0.93	0.93	1.57	0.97	1.45	0.88	0.005 ^a	0.67 ^b	0.018 ^a	0.57 ^b	0.552	0.13
SCL‐90R: Psychotic	0.82	0.76	1.40	0.82	1.33	0.72	0.002 ^a	0.74 ^b	0.004 ^a	0.69 ^b	0.666	0.09
SCL‐90R: GSI score	1.11	0.87	1.90	0.68	1.73	0.70	<0.001 ^a	1.00 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.79 ^b	0.311	0.24
SCL‐90R: PST score	44.76	25.17	64.46	12.62	64.32	14.99	<0.001 ^a	0.99 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.94 ^b	0.971	0.01
SCL‐90R: PSDI score	1.97	0.61	2.60	0.57	2.36	0.51	<0.001 ^a	1.07 ^b	0.003 ^a	0.69 ^a	0.051	0.45
TCI‐R: Novelty seeking	95.52	14.12	88.03	17.97	99.59	19.92	0.078	0.46	0.322	0.24	0.004 ^a	0.61 ^b
TCI‐R: Harm avoidance	106.52	21.02	120.85	20.01	117.57	19.80	0.003 ^a	0.70 ^b	0.019 ^a	0.54 ^b	0.463	0.16
TCI‐R: Reward dependence	96.48	15.72	96.00	16.26	97.52	16.83	0.900	0.03	0.783	0.06	0.672	0.09
TCI‐R: Persistence	117.70	21.26	119.90	18.28	115.36	23.98	0.665	0.11	0.637	0.10	0.338	0.21
TCI‐R: Self‐directedness	138.42	19.79	121.77	20.80	118.84	21.19	0.001 ^a	0.82 ^b	<0.001 ^a	0.96 ^b	0.521	0.14
TCI‐R: Cooperativeness	137.67	16.46	137.13	14.80	131.66	14.98	0.882	0.03	0.092	0.38	0.108	0.37
TCI‐R: Self‐transcendence	60.97	13.23	61.23	13.32	62.86	16.01	0.939	0.02	0.568	0.13	0.607	0.11

Abbreviations: AN‐R, anorexia – restrictive subtype; AN‐BP, anorexia – bulimic purgative subtype; FA, food addiction; EDI‐2, Eating Disorders Inventory‐2; GSI, Global Severity Index; SCL‐90‐R: Symptom Checklist‐Revised; SD, standard deviation; PSDI, Positive Symptom Distress Index; PST, positive symptom total; TCI‐R, Temperament and character inventory‐revised.

^{^a}

Bold: significant comparison (p < 0.05) p‐values include Finner correction for multiple statistical tests.

^{^b}

Bold: effect size into the moderate‐mild (|d| > 0.50) to large‐high (|d| > 0.80) range.