Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| AN n = 42 |
BN n = 40 |
BED n = 40 |
HW n = 50 |
F |
p ηp2 |
Post Hoc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 24.62 (8.26) | 23.60 (6.86) | 30.28 (9.67) | 24.16 (3.41) | 7.454 |
<0.001 0.117 |
AN < BED (p = 0.003) BN < BED (p < 0.001) HW < BED (p = 0.001) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 16.68 (0.87) | 20.05 (2.06) | 33.13 (10.05) | 21.45 (2.96) | 75.419 |
<0.001 0.574 |
AN < BN (p = 0.007) AN < BED (p < 0.001) AN < HW (p < 0.001) BN < BED (p < 0.001) HW < BED (p < 0.001) |
| Menarche, years | 12.71 (1.29) | 11.98 (1.19) | 11.79 (1.27) | 12.38 (1.58) | 3.887 |
0.010 0.065 |
BED < AN (p = 0.014) |
| Education, years | 13.98 (2.79) | 15.21 (2.95) | 14.83 (3.09) | 16.06 (2.74) | 4.106 |
0.008 0.069 |
AN < HW (p = 0.004) |
| Illness duration, months | 5.83 (5.99) | 5.76 (6.72) | 12.14 (9.53) | - | 22.638 |
<0.001 0.307 |
AN < BED (p < 0.001) BN < BED (p < 0.001) |
| PHQ-9 | 10.02 (4.57) | 12.70 (5.75) | 10.65 (4.29) | 6.14 (3.94) | 15.975 |
<0.001 0.222 |
HW < AN (p = 0.001) HW < BN (p < 0.001) HW < BED (p < 0.001) |
| EDE-Q Global | 13.65 (8.23) | 20.21 (8.59) | 20.01 (5.36) | 7.36 (6.44) | 32.269 |
<0.001 0.366 |
HW < AN (p < 0.001) AN < BN (p < 0.001) AN < BED (p = 0.001) HW < BN (p < 0.001) HW < BED (p < 0.001) |
Table reports means and (standard deviation), with ANOVAs’ F and post hoc analyses. BMI: body mass index; AN: anorexia nervosa; BN: bulimia nervosa; BED: binge eating disorder; HW: healthy women; PHQ-9: patient health questionnaire; EDE-Q: eating disorder examination questionnaire; post hoc analysis with Bonferroni correction. Significant p values after Bonferroni correction are reported in bold.