Table 1 Description of the sample: background characteristics, age and anthropometry

From: Body composition in young female eating-disorder patients with severe weight loss and controls: evidence from the four-component model and evaluation of DXA

 

Eating disorders

Controls

 

N

Mean

s.d.

N

Mean

s.d

Age (years)*

13

15.3

1.9

117

13.7

2.0

Birth weight (kg)

12

3.3

0.6

116

3.5

0.5

Maternal BMI (kg m−2)

12

25.7

5.3

112

25.3

5.4

Paternal BMI (kg m−2)

12

25.0

4.0

105

26.4

3.9

Raw measures

 Weight (kg)**

13

43.4

5.9

117

51.8

12.4

 Height (m)

13

1.58

0.10

117

1.60

0.10

 BMI (kg m−2)**

13

16.9

1.4

117

20.6

3.7

 Weight SDS**

13

−1.4

1.0

117

0.4

1.1

 Height SDS

13

−0.1

1.3

117

0.3

0.9

 BMI SDS**

13

−1.5

1.0

117

0.3

1.2

Circumferences (cm)

 Mid-upper arm**

12

21.6

1.7

117

25.8

3.7

 Hip*

12

82.1

5.8

117

88.6

11.0

 Thigh**

12

44.7

3.4

116

50.7

6.9

 Calf*

12

30.4

2.0

117

33.0

3.6

 Waist**

12

62.9

2.7

117

69.1

8.0

 Waist SDS**

11

−0.2

0.5

105

1.0

1.0

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SDS, s.d. scores.
  2. Groups compared by two-sample t-test. *P=0.05, **P<0.001.
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