Psychosomatic syndromes and anorexia nervosa

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Comparison of clinical and assessment variables among groups

	Moderate psychosomatic group	Somatization group	Severe psychosomatic group	F	F Sign	p Group 1 vs Group 2	p Group 2 vs Group 3	p Group 1 vs Group 3
	Group 1 (N = 53) mean ± SD	Group 2 (N = 28) mean ± SD	Group 3 (N = 27) mean ± SD	F	F Sign	p Group 1 vs Group 2	p Group 2 vs Group 3	p Group 1 vs Group 3
BMI	14.6 ± 1.9	16.1 ± 3.3	14.1 ± 2.7	4.88	0.009	0.037	0.012	1.000
EDI-2
Bulimia	2.8 ± 4.7	6.3 ± 6.1	2.5 ± 2.4	5.31	0.007	0.010	0.021	1.000
Body
dissatisfaction	11.12 ± 7	16.8 ± 6.7	12 ± 5.6	6.0	0.004	0.003	0.046	1.000
Ineffectiveness	7.5 ± 7.1	15.9 ± 8.5	11.0 ± 6.9	10.11	0.001	0.001	0.089	0.189
Perfectionism	4.6 ± 3.6	7.4 ± 4.7	6.4 ± 5.1	3.84	0.025	0.030	1.000	0.296
Interoceptive
awareness	8.7 ± 7.3	17.8 ± 8.1	10 ± 6.8	12.27	0.001	0.001	0.002	1.000
Asceticism	5.9 ± 4.1	11.2 ± 6.4	8.4 ± 5.1	8.85	0.001	0.001	0.201	0.152
Impulsiveness	4.2 ± 5.1	13.8 ± 7	6.6 ± 4	24.5	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.251
Social insecurity	6.5 ± 4.9	12 ± 5.7	8.6 ± 4.2	9.5	0.001	0.001	0.078	0.277
BSQ	89 ± 34.2	140.6 ± 40.4	93.2 ± 42.8	8.33	0.001	0.001	0.006	1.000
TCI
Self-Directedness	24.8 ± 9.9	16.6 ± 5.2	24.2 ± 8.2	8.19	0.001	0.001	0.009	1.000
BDI	12.3 ± 6.9	21.9 ± 6.6	14.7 ± 5.5	16.71	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.569
Duration of illness (years)	7.9 ± 8.8	7.8 ± 6.1	12.6 ± 9.1	3.25	0.043	1.000	0.108	0.049

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