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Table 1 Means (SD) of gender-specific demographic characteristics described per diagnostic category

From: Growth curves in short supply: a descriptive study of the availability and utility of growth curve data in adolescents with eating disorders

Demographics

Females

Males

 

AN (n = 25)

BN (n = 23)

EDNOS (n = 46)

AN (n = 4)

BN (n = 0)

EDNOS (n = 4)

Age of patient at assessment (yrs)

15.06 (1.76)

16.49 (1.08)

15.41 (1.29)

15.06 (1.01)

--

13.98 (.87)

Age of patient at ED onset (yrs)

14.02 (1.73)

14.16 (1.72)

13.40 (1.62)

14.14 (1.22)

--

13.35 (.96)

Chronicity of symptoms (yrs)

1.04 (.68)

2.33 (1.44)

2.01 (1.30)

.92 (.22)

--

.62 (.26)

Height at assessment (meters)

1.65 (.10)

1.64 (.06)

1.64 (.07)

1.65 (.07)

--

1.64 (.10)

Weight at assessment (kg)

43.56 (7.92)

57.30 (7.60)

52.07 (8.02)

46.10 (5.36)

--

49.10 (7.11)

BMI at assessment (kg/m2)

15.84 (1.55)

21.41 (2.56)

19.39 (2.78)

16.87 (1.77)

--

18.20 (.71)

BMI-SDS at assessment (kg/m2)

−2.07 (.98)

.09 (.76)

-.45 (1.04)

−1.61 (1.44)

--

-.43 (.41)