Table 4 Longitudinal analyses: correlations between change scores for nutritional markers and change scores for psychopathological measures during hospitalization.

From: Nutritional status and anxious and depressive symptoms in anorexia nervosa: a prospective study

 

∆BDI score

∆HAD anxiety score

∆MOCI score

∆LSAS fear score

∆BMI

 r

− 0.10

− 0.06

− 0.06

− 0.17

 p

0.22

0.43

0.44

0.03

 N

165

170

165

167

∆FFMI

 r

− 0.10

− 0.06

0.01

− 0.25

 p

0.29

0.50

0.91

0.01

 N

124

125

124

118

∆FMI

 r

− 0.20

− 0.11

− 0.10

− 0.15

 p

0.03

0.21

0.28

0.12

 N

124

125

124

118

∆EAT score

 r

0.42

0.32

0.17

0.26

 p

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.03

0.002

 N

161

166

163

148

  1. Bold: Significant associations.
  2. BDI Beck’s Depression Inventory, HAD Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, MOCI Maudsley Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory, LSAS Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, BMI Body Mass Index, EAT Eating Attitude Test, FFMI fat-free mass index, FMI fat mass index, ∆ score change scores (admission minus discharge).