Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by diagnostic subgroups_
| Anorexia Nervosa N = 19 | Bulimia Nervosa N = 20 | Healthy Controls N = 19 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age yrs. mean (SD) median (IQR) | 27.26 (10.07) 23 (20-38) | 27.65 (9.48) 23.5 (20.5-33.5) | 26.79 (4.18) 26 (25-30) | 0.378 |
| In a relationship | 3 (15.8%) | 3 (15.0%) | 5 (26.3%) | 0.701 |
| Employed | 3 (15.8%) | 8 (40.0%) | 10 (52.6%) | 0.054 |
| Living condition Alone | 1 (5.3%) | 3 (15.0%) | 2 (10.5%) | |
| With family | 16 (84.2%) | 13 (65.0%) | 12 (63.2%) | 0.596 |
| With partner | 2 (10.5%) | 3 (15.0%) | 5 (26.3%) | |
| Other | 0 | 1 (5.0%) | 0 | |
| DSM-IV Personality disorders | ||||
| None | 11 (57.9%) | 9 (45.0%) | 19 (100%) | |
| Borderline Obsessive-compulsive | 2 (10.5%) 3 (15.8%) | 5 (25.0%) 0 | 0.001 | |
| Depressive | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (5.0%) | ||
| NAS | 2 (10.5%) | 5 (25.0%) | ||
| Lifetime major childhood abuse | ||||
| Physical | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (5%) | - | |
| Sexual | 0 | 2 (10.0%) | ||
| BMI mean (SD) | 16.07 (1.09) | 21.91 (4.63) | 21.40 (2.50) | 0.0001 |
| Median (IQR) | 16.10 (15.23-17.22) | 20.04 (19.48-21.55) | 21.20 (19.31-22.32) | |
| Length of illness yrs. mean (SD) | 7.95 (11.54) | 8.30 (7.86) | - | - |
| Median (IQR) | 3 (1-7) | 5 (3-12.5) | ||
| IED Set shifting mean (SD) adjusted | 40.32 (23.15) | 30.80 (20.51) | 21.74 (17.98) | 0.044 |
| total errors | ||||
| EK-60F, Total mean (SD) | 48.89 (4.66) | 48.75 (3.54) | 50.84 (4.19) | 0.316 |
| Surprise | 9.37 (0.83) | 9.75 (0.55) | 9.10 (1.29) | 0.153 |
| Happiness | 10.00 (0) | 9.65 (0.75) | 9.74 (0.45) | 0.289 |
| Fear | 6.58 (2.63) | 6.05 (2.37) | 9.26 (1.15) | 0.0001 |
| Disgust | 9.00 (1.45) | 8.55 (1.15) | 8.63 (1.46) | 0.328 |
| Anger | 6.74 (1.66) | 6.45 (1.64) | 7.00 (1.73) | 0.666 |
| Sadness | 7.21 (2.15) | 8.15 (1.46) | 8.42 (1.17) | 0.196 |
| BDI-II mean (SD) | 24.21 (13.80) | 21.65 (12.55) | 2.68 (3.87) | 0.0001 |
| TAS-20 mean (SD) | 57.00 (10.59) | 49.15 (14.38) | 32.42 (6.14) | 0.0001 |
| SCL-90 GSI mean (SD) | 1.42 (0.74) | 1.26 (0.54) | 0.29 (0.28) | 0.0001 |
| EDI-3 mean (SD) | ||||
| DT | 79.26 (18.09) | 72.55 (25.62) | 9.58 (18.77) | 0.0001 |
| B | 67.42 (21.48) | 63.80 (21.16) | 15.37 (18.87) | 0.0001 |
| BD | 77.21 (15.03) | 71.40 (20.58) | 11.79 (17.72) | 0.0001 |
Characteristics associated with IED adjusted total errors in different regression models_
| IED adjusted total errors | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||
| Regression coefficient | 95% CI | P | Regression coefficient | 95% CI | P | |
| AN Reference category Healthy controls. Reference category Healthy controls. | 18.58 9.06 | 5.15; 32.01 -4.20; 22.32 | 0.008 0.176 | 12.56 1.39 | -9.25; 34.38 -18.56; 21.33 | 0.253 0.890 |
| Age | 0.54 | -0.24; 1.32 | 0.171 | |||
| EK-60F Fear | -1.92 | -4.86; 1.02 | 0.195 | |||
| BDI-II | 0.15 | -0.53; 0.82 | 0.665 | |||
| TAS-20 | -0.10 | -0.83; 0.62 | 0.775 | |||
| Model η2 | 0.12 | 0.19 | ||||
| AIC | 518.74 | 522.28 | ||||