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Table 3 SBRs: Comparison of all healthy women with all BN women and the subgroup of purging BN women

From: Serotonin transporter binding of [123I]ADAM in bulimic women, their healthy twin sisters, and healthy women: a SPET study

 

Women with lifetime BN (n = 13)

All healthy women (n = 24)

Women with purging BN (n = 9)

P*

P**

Midbrain

2.23 ± 0.22

2.06 ± 0.30

2.26 ± 0.19

0.08

0.03

Thalamus

1.45 ± 0.23

1.42 ± 0.28

1.50 ± 0.25

0.73

0.45

  1. * Women with lifetime BN vs. all healthy women. t-test, correction for dependency within twin pairs
  2. ** Women with lifetime purging BN vs. all healthy subjects. t-test, correction for dependency within twin pairs
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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