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Table 1 Demographic data at admission and after 3 months of treatment

From: Very long chain fatty acids are an important marker of nutritional status in patients with anorexia nervosa: a case control study

 

AN-R (n = 38)

AN-BP (n = 31)

Control group

on admission

after 3 months

on admission

after 3 months

(n = 25)

Age (years)

28.42 ± 12.39

28.42 ± 12.39

32.43 ± 8.19

32.30 ± 8.19

29.33 ± 6.55

Duration of anorexia (days)

2114.08 ± 3255.41

NR

2629.29 ± 2037.48

NR

NR

Height (cm)

154.44 ± 5.39∗

154.77 ± 5.85∗

158.27 ± 3.59

158.47 ± 3.71

160.16 ± 3.02

Body weight (kg)

30.73 ± 5.50∗

37.86 ± 6.04∗†

30.33 ± 3.76∗

38.12 ± 5.03∗†

51.99 ± 4.79

Body mass index (kg/m2)

12.81 ± 2.00∗

15.77 ± 2.15∗†

12.17 ± 1.58∗

15.25 ± 2.00∗†

20.20 ± 1.91

Fat mass (g)

3498.3 ± 1611.31

8272.79 ± 3604.42†

4054.34 ± 1572.67

9557.05 ± 5310.85†

NR

Lean body mass (g)

27,283.02 ± 3242.18

30,321.15 ± 3556.30†

26,914.63 ± 2493.5

26,616.08 ± 2334.50†

NR

Percentage of fat mass (%)

10.62 ± 3.81

20.04 ± 7.09†

12.07 ± 3.70

20.42 ± 3.77†

NR

  1. AN-R Anorexia Nervosa Restricting type, AN-BP Anorexia Nervosa Binge-Eating/Purging type
  2. NR: denotes data not reported. Values presented as the mean ± SD for the number of observations indicated
  3. Significant differences in the comparisons of AN-R and AN-BP with controls: ∗P < 0.05
  4. Significant differences between values on admission and after 3 months: †P < 0.05
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