Table 3 Descriptives and age of stressful life events for individuals with lifetime eating disorders and controls
SLE type | An-R (n = 65) | AN-BP (n = 114) | BN/BED (n = 180) | AN/BN/BED (n = 133) | No ED (n = 395) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | Ageb (years) M (SD) | n | % | Ageb (years) M (SD) | n | % | Ageb (years) M (SD) | n | % | Ageb (years) M (SD) | n | % | Ageb (years) M (SD) | |
Any SLEa | 43 | 66.2 | 11.4 (7.5) | 91 | 79.8 | 10.7 (6.5) | 153 | 85 | 11.5 (7.1) | 115 | 86.5 | 10.4 (6.7) | 255 | 64.6 | 14.7 (10.6) |
Disease | 7 | 10.8 | 27.9 (16) | 18 | 15.8 | 17.4 (9.9) | 15 | 8.3 | 17.6 (15.4) | 23 | 17.3 | 21.1 (11.2) | 30 | 7.6 | 27.1 (19.3) |
Accident | 2 | 3.1 | 24 (0) | 7 | 6.1 | 23.3 (10.6) | 13 | 7.2 | 13.3 (5.4) | 9 | 6.8 | 19.6 (7.4) | 30 | 7.6 | 20.4 (14.2) |
Assault | 3 | 4.6 | 7.5 (3.5) | 11 | 9.6 | 18.7 (9.8) | 21 | 11.7 | 18.7 (7.1) | 19 | 14.3 | 18.8 (7.0) | 24 | 6.1 | 20.4 (7.9) |
Bereavement | 5 | 7.7 | 13.4 (8.9) | 27 | 23.7 | 18.3 (8.5) | 40 | 22.2 | 16.8 (7) | 25 | 18.8 | 21.4 (9.3) | 51 | 12.9 | 19 (9.66) |
Rape | 8 | 12.3 | 17.3 (10.7) | 33 | 28.9 | 12.8 (5.9) | 57 | 31.7 | 15.1 (5.1) | 39 | 29.3 | 12.3 (6.2) | 56 | 14.2 | 16.3 (6) |
Other sexual assault | 17 | 26.2 | 14.3 (7.8) | 41 | 36 | 13.2 (5.6) | 59 | 32.8 | 13.3 (6.1) | 47 | 35.3 | 13.2 (5.7) | 72 | 18.2 | 15.7 (6.8) |
Childhood physical abuse | 9 | 13.8 | 8 (5.3) | 22 | 19.3 | 7.3 (4.5) | 43 | 23.9 | 8.4 (3.9) | 29 | 21.8 | 7.2 (5.0) | 62 | 15.7 | 8.1 (4.3) |
Adulthood physical abuse | 7 | 10.8 | 19 (8.1) | 14 | 12.3 | 22.4 (6.3) | 31 | 17.2 | 20.4 (6.8) | 18 | 13.5 | 21.8 (2.3) | 24 | 6.1 | 21.8 (5.7) |
Emotional abuse | 15 | 23.1 | 8.1 (5.4) | 43 | 37.7 | 10.1 (6.6) | 80 | 44.4 | 11.9 (6.6) | 60 | 45.1 | 20.2 (8.2) | 79 | 20 | 13.3 (8.8) |
Threatened | 2 | 3.1 | 18.5 (14.9) | 8 | 7.0 | 16.8 (5.1) | 12 | 6.7 | 13.8 (7.7) | 12 | 9.0 | 14.4 (8.8) | 24 | 6.1 | 20.3 (8.8) |
Witnessed a traumatic event | 5 | 7.7 | 10 (3.5) | 17 | 14.9 | 13.1 (7.9) | 17 | 9.4 | 12.9 (7.6) | 18 | 13.5 | 17.1 (13.3) | 31 | 7.8 | 15.6 (8.7) |
Other | 33 | 50.8 | 13.2 (6.6) | 55 | 48.2 | 13.3 (7.2) | 105 | 58.3 | 15.7 (8.6) | 80 | 60.2 | 13.8 (8.3) | 132 | 33.4 | 18.9 (12.0) |