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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of anorexia nervosa patients who required urgent admission and a planned admission control group

From: The outcome of treatment for anorexia nervosa inpatients who required urgent hospitalization

 

Urgent group (n = 24)

Planned group (n = 109)

p

Age (years)

28.3 ± 12.41

23.5 ± 8.77

0.104a

Sex (male/female)

0/24

7/102

0.24b

Duration (years)

8.45 ± 8.75

5.73 ± 6.61

0.165a

History of admission(+/−)

11/13

36/73

0.225b

Subtype (AN-R/AN-BP)

13/11

53/56

0.395b

BMI at admission (kg/m2)

11.11 ± 1.48

13.91 ± 1.92*

0.00a

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD or number of patients: Comparisons among groups were made using the Unpaired student’s t test (a) and Chi-square test (b).
  2. AN-R: Anorexia nervosa Restricting type, AB-BP: Anorexia nervosa Binge-Purging type, BMI: Body Mass Index. *P < 0.05.
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