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Table 2 Socio-demographic variables of AN 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

Married or with partner

9(37.5%)

15 (13.8%)

0.021*

Living alone

2(8.3%)

22(20.2%)

0.417

Divorced parents

3(1.5%)

9(8.2%)

0.371

History of bullying or abuse

8 (33.3%)

27(24.8%)

0.267

Education level

   

High school, vocational school

16(66.7%)

76(69.7%)

0.472

College or more

2(8.3%)

16(14.7%)

0.327

Employed

0(0%)

16(14.7%)

0.033*

A history of regular employment

7(29.1%)

21(19.3%)

0.208

A history of part-time work

8(33.3%)

44(40.4%)

0.345

Lifestyle -related factors

   

Smoking

4(16.6%)

24(22.0%)

0.345

Social drinking or more

4(16.6%)

36(33.0%)

0.385

  1. Values are expressed as number of patients (%). Comparisons among groups were made using the chi-square test. *P < 0.05.