Table 1

Clinical profiles and biochemical data of women with anorexia nervosa and healthy controls


AN-R (n = 6)
AN-BP (n = 6)
Controls (n = 11)
P

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
16.0 * (13.8–17.4)
13.8 * (13.0–15.5)
19.7 (18.5–23.7)
<0.001
Age (years)
19 (17–32)
31 (19–38)
27 (21–32)
0.034
age at the time of disease onset (years)
17 (16–30)
24 (14–34)


disease duration (yaers)
1.8 (0.5–3.0)
5.0 § (2.0–11.0)


frequency of binge eating
None (none-none)
3.5/week (none-2–3/day)


frequency of vomiting
None (none-none)
1/week § (none-2–3/day)


Ca (mg/dl)
10.2 * ‡ (9.5–10.7)
9.1 (7.9–9.4)
8.9 (8.4–9.6)
0.018
P (mg/dl)
3.4 (3.1–4.2)
3.5 (3.0–4.0)
2.9 (2.0–3.7)
0.029
1,25-(OH)2D (pg/ml)
34.4 (19.0–51.5)
7.0 * † (4.2–33.7)
39.7 (6.3–58.5)
0.023
25-OHD (ng/ml)
26 (19–30)
18 (11–31)
20 (12–28)
NS

All values are described as median (minimum-maximum).

P values in the rightmost column were calculated using Kruskal-Wallis tests.

* p < 0.017 vs. controls, using a two-tailed Mann-Whitney U-test with Bonferroni correction.

† p < 0.017 vs. AN-R, using a two-tailed Mann-Whitney U-test with Bonferroni correction.

‡ p < 0.017 vs. AN-BP, using a two-tailed Mann-Whitney U-test with Bonferroni correction.

§ p < 0.05 vs. AN-R, using a usual two-tailed Mann-Whitney U-test.

Otani et al. BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:10   doi:10.1186/1751-0759-2-10