Reduced mentalizing in patients with bulimia nervosa and features of borderline personality disorder: A case-control study

Table 1 Means and standard deviations of the study variables, and between-group effect sizes

	Condition	N	Mean (SD)	95% Confidence Interval
	Condition	N	Mean (SD)	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	Effect size
Age	BN	53	30.60 (8.91)	28.14	33.05	NS
Age	HC	87	29.14 (8.65)	27.30	30.98
BMI	BN	53	23.55 (6.09)	21.87	25.23	NS
BMI	HC	25	21.63 (2.72)	20.50	22.75
EDE-Q	BN	53	4.47 (0.82)	4.24	4.70	4.01
EDE-Q	HC	25	0.94 (0.75)	0.63	1.25
DASS-21	BN	53	38.26 (11.16)	35.18	41.34	3.89
DASS-21	HC	50	9.62 (8.68)	7.15	12.09
DR-S Self	BN	53	5.38 (1.04)	5.10	5.67	1.08
DR-S Self	HC	87	6.44 (0.92)	6.24	6.63
DR-S Mother	BN	53	5.55 (1.08)	5.25	5.84	0.42
DR-S Mother	HC	87	6.19 (0.82)	6.02	6.37
DR-S Father	BN	53	5.90 (0.91)	5.65	6.15	0.45
DR-S Father	HC	87	6.31 (0.91)	6.12	6.50
RMET	BN	53	26.09 (3.88)	25.02	27.16	0.62
RMET	HC	51	28.27 (3.19)	27.38	29.17
RFQ-C	BN	53	2.56 (2.53)	1.86	3.26	1.46
RFQ-C	HC	51	7.90 (4.76)	6.56	9.24
RFQ-U	BN	53	8.90 (4.47)	7.67	10.13	1.90
RFQ-U	HC	51	1.90 (2.88)	1.09	2.71
ZAN-BPD	BN	53	15.85 (5.45)	14.35	17.35	2.90
ZAN-BPD	HC	25	4.08 (2.67)	2.97	5.18

Note. BN Bulimia Nervosa patients, HC Healthy controls. For EDE-Q, DASS-21, and ZAN-BPD total scores are reported

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