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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

From: Cognitive flexibility in verbal and nonverbal domains and decision making in anorexia nervosa patients: a pilot study

  

AN-R (N = 30)

HC (N = 30)

F

P(t-test)

Age

 

24.13 (±6.16)

24.67 (±2.64)

16.66

0.66

Years of education

 

12.37 (±2.82)

15.53 (±2.64)

0.01

0.01

BMI

 

15.62 (±1.66)

21.04 (±2.18)

1.67

0.01

Age at onset

 

18.12 (±3.33)

-

-

-

Duration of illness

 

5.20 (±4.19)

-

-

-

BDI

 

11.77 (±7.85)

1.83 (±1.95)

34.18

0.01

EDI-2

DT

11.69 (±7.16)

1.03 (±2.08)

38.96

0.01

 

B

2.07 (±2.40)

0.50 (±1.12)

12.47

0.01

 

BD

11.07 (±5.88)

5.20 (±4.44)

1.96

0.01

 

I

10.03 (±7.98)

1.70 (±3.44)

24.11

0.01

 

P

5.00 (±3.31)

2.67 (±3.13)

0.60

0.01

 

ID

5.83 (±4.71)

1.17 (±1.97)

21.17

0.01

 

IA

7.52 (±5.92)

0.73 (±1.26)

43.12

0.01

 

MF

6.28 (±4.53)

2.33 (±2.43)

6.25

0.01

 

A

6.03 (±5.11)

2.63 (±2.34)

7.34

0.01

 

IR

4.24 (±4.67)

0.63 (±1.16)

37.20

0.01

 

SI

7.55 (±5.21)

2.03 (±2.98)

10.71

0.01

  1. Female AN-R patients and healthy controls.
  2. Mean and (standard deviation) are provided.
  3. Statistically significant differences are shown in bold under p values.
  4. BMI: Body Mass Index
  5. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory
  6. EDI-2: Eating Disorder Inventory-2
  7. DT: drive for thinness,
  8. B: bulimia,
  9. BD: body dissatisfaction,
  10. I: ineffectiveness,
  11. P: perfectionism,
  12. ID: interpersonal distrust,
  13. IA: interoceptive awareness,
  14. MF: maturity fears,
  15. A: asceticism,
  16. IR: impulse regulation,
  17. SI: social insecurity.