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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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