Table 1 Sample Descriptives.

From: Mapping the path to recovery: the intersection of cortical thickness reductions and serotonin transporter expression in anorexia nervosa

 

AN

HC

T-score

p-value

 

(n = 114)

(n = 114)

  

Demographics

Age (years ± SD)

16.57 ± 3.31

16.63 ± 3.34

0.137

0.891

Minimum lifetime BMI (kg/m2)

14.43 ± 1.36

19.43 ± 1.88

22.033

<0.001

BMI-SDS at baseline

−3.20 ± 1.27

−0.085 ± 0.67

23.185

<0.001

BMI-SDS at 30 days

−2.15 ± 0.91

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BMI-SDS at 60 days

−1.26 ± 0.75

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Psychometrics

BDI-II total score

22.76 ± 11.08

5.51 ± 5.50

−14.838

<0.001

EDI_DT

28.99 ± 9.11

13.67 ± 0.56

−14.979

<0.001

EDI_BD

37.21 ± 10.57

23.27 ± 9.30

−10.526

<0.001

EDI_B

11.11 ± 4.98

9.78 ± 2.89

−2.449

0.015

EDI total score

210.57 ± 45.25

140.35 ± 29.25

−13.729

<0.001

  1. Mean value ± standard deviation (SD) for each variable and study group are shown. Group differences were tested using Welch two sample t-tests. As test statistics, t-value, and p-values are stated.
  2. Restrictive subtype was diagnosed in 102 AN (89.5%) and binge/purge subtype in 12 (10.5%). Eighteen patients had other psychiatric comorbidities. Four patients had a recent exposure to antidepressant drugs (prior 14 days).
  3. AN anorexia nervosa, HC healthy controls, BDI-II beck depression inventory–II, BMI-SDS body mass index-standard deviation score, EDI eating disorder inventory–2, DT drive for thinness, BD body dissatisfaction, B bulimia.
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