Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics
| Characteristic | Group | Statistics | ||
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| Patients recovered from anorexia nervosa | Healthy controls | t | p value | |
| Age, yr* | 23.02 ± 2.83 | 23.05 ± 2.53 | 0.03 | 0.98 |
| Body mass index standard deviation score | −0.43 ± 0.62 | −0.46 ± 0.66 | −1.65 | 0.87 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 21.03 ± 1.48 | 21.09 ± 2.14 | 0.10 | 0.92 |
| Eating Disorder Inventory 2 total score | 20.23 ± 5.77 | 15.59 ± 2.13 | −3.53 | 0.001 |
| Beck Depression Inventory II score | 6.18 ± 8.19 | 2.45 ± 3.40 | 1.97 | 0.06 |
| Behavioural Inhibition System subscore† | 21.95 ± 4.13 | 20.83 ± 2.64 | 1.04 | 0.30 |
| Recovery, mo‡ | 57.81 ± 34.42 | NA | NA | NA |
NA = not applicable.
*
Age range 17.5–27.8 yr (patients recovered from anorexia nervosa) and 17.8–26.4 yr (healthy controls).
†
From the Behavioural Inhibition System/Behavioural Activation System (BIS/BAS) Scale.
‡
Recovery range = 17–140 mo.