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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Aversive tension in female adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: a controlled ecological momentary assessment using smartphones

 

Patients

(N = 20)

Controls

(N = 20)

 

M

SD

M

SD

Age (years)

16.0

1.55

15.9

1.95

BMI at first diagnostic assessment

16.5a

0.9a

--

--

Months enrolled in outpatient treatment

5.75

7.02

--

--

 

N

%

N

%

Education

    

A-level grammar school

15

75

14

70

Vocational school

0

0

1

5

Comprehensive school

1

5

3

15

Other (e.g. internship)

4

20

2

10

Restrictive AN-subtype

17

85

  

Purging AN-subtype

3

15

  

Previous inpatient treatment

14

70

  

Comorbidity

    

One additional disorder

6

30

  

Two additional disorders

4

20

  

Comorbidity by disorder

    

Major Depression

9

45

  

Bipolar Disorder

1

5

  

OCD

2

10

  

PTSD

1

5

  

Adjustment disorder

1

5

  
  1. a N = 19 as one patient refused weight measurement during diagnostic assessment