Decision making, central coherence and set-shifting: a comparison between Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa and Healthy Controls

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

		AN	BED	HC	Anova		Post hoc
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	F	Sig.	Post hoc
Age		22.8 ± 5.6	30.6 ± 10.9	25.6 ± 3.5	11.412	p < 0.001	BED > AN*; BED > HC; AN < HC*
Education		12.2 ± 2.9	11.4 ± 2.6	14.8 ± 2.4	15.159	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED < HC*; AN < HC
BMI		15.5 ± 1.4	35.2 ± 6.5	20.2 ± 1.6	289.725	p < 0.001	BED > AN*; BED > HC; AN < HC**
BDI		13.7 ± 6.8	27.8 ± 15.1	2.5 ± 3.3	70.543	p < 0.001	BED > AN*; BED > HC; AN > HC**
EDI-2	DT	13.2 ± 6.7	13.0 ± 5.3	1.4 ± 3.3	64.010	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC*
	B	2.3 ± 3.9	8.5 ± 6.6	0.9 ± 1.8	23.940	p < 0.01	BED > AN; BED > HC*; AN = HC
	BD	13.1 ± 6.5	19.6 ± 5.3	4.3 ± 5.1	49.344	p < 0.001	BED > AN; BED > HC; AN > HC**
	I	10.2 ± 6.6	8.9 ± 5.5	1.8 ± 2.2	38.943	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC*
	P	6.1 ± 3.5	3.6 ± 2.6	3.5 ± 3.7	5.975	p < 0.01	BED < AN; BED = HC; AN > HC
	ID	6.9 ± 4.3	4.9 ± 3.5	2.2 ± 2.5	17.248	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC; AN > HC**
	IA	9.7 ± 6.1	9.2 ± 7.3	1.3 ± 3.3	33.007	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC*
	MF	7.6 ± 5.8	8.2 ± 5.7	3.8 ± 3.7	7.059	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC
	ASC	7.6 ± 4.8	8.7 ± 3.7	2.2 ± 1.6	30.056	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC*
	IR	6.7 ± 6.2	7.2 ± 6.1	1.3 ± 2.7	16.622	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC*
	SI	7.8 ± 4.2	6.7 ± 3.3	2.4 ± 3.1	28.087	p < 0.001	BED = AN; BED > HC*; AN > HC*

AN: Anorexia Nervosa; BED: Binge Eating Disorder; HC: Healthy Controls; BMI: Body Mass Index; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; EDI-2: Eating Disorder Inventory-2; DT: Drive for thinness; B: Bulimia; BD: Body dissatisfaction; I: Ineffectiveness; P: Perfectionism; ID: Interpersonal distrust; IA: Interoceptive awareness; MF: Maturity fears; ASC: Ascetism; IR: Impulse regulation; SI: Social insecurity.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

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