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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Social insecurity in relation to orbitofrontal activity in patients with eating disorders: a near-infrared spectroscopy study

 

ED (n = 20)

CTL (n = 31)

p

Cohen’sd

Age (years)

28.7 ± 7.5

29.2 ± 7.8

0.824

0.06

Education (years)

14.4 ± 2.0

15.6 ± 1.8

0.025

0.66

Number of hospitalizations

3.6 ± 4.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

Number of days of hospitalization (days)

20.6 ± 17.2

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cumulative number of days of hospitalization (days)

123.3 ± 191.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

Current BMI (kg/m2)

14.0 ± 2.3

21.8 ± 3.7

< 0.001

2.45

BDI score

24.1 ± 10.5

4.3 ± 4.8

< 0.001

2.58

Task performance of LFT

15.5 ± 5.2

12.6 ± 3.5

0.024

0.66

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. ED, eating disorder; CTL, control; N/A, not applicable; BMI, body mass index; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; LFT, letter fluency task.