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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the urgent hospitalization and all control groups.

From: The longitudinal BMI pattern and body composition of patients with anorexia nervosa who require urgent hospitalization: A case control study

 

Urgent group

(n = 17)

All control

(n = 232)

p

Age (y)

25.6 ± 9.7

22.5 ± 8.6

.13

Sex (male/female)

1/18

7/224

.52

Duration (y)

7.3 ± 7.4

4.5 ± 5.4*

.04

Subtype(AN-R/AN-BP)

9/8

119/112

.92

BMI at first visit (kg/m 2 )

10.8 ± 1.4

14.0 ± 1.8*

.00

  1. All control: Outpatient treatment only group + planned admission group.
  2. AN-R: Anorexia nervosa restricting type AN-BP: Anorexia nervosa binge eating and purging type * P < 0.05
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BioPsychoSocial Medicine

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