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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of anorexia nervosa patients who required urgent admission and a planned admission control group

From: The outcome of treatment for anorexia nervosa inpatients who required urgent hospitalization

  Urgent group (n = 24) Planned group (n = 109) p
Age (years) 28.3 ± 12.41 23.5 ± 8.77 0.104a
Sex (male/female) 0/24 7/102 0.24b
Duration (years) 8.45 ± 8.75 5.73 ± 6.61 0.165a
History of admission(+/−) 11/13 36/73 0.225b
Subtype (AN-R/AN-BP) 13/11 53/56 0.395b
BMI at admission (kg/m2) 11.11 ± 1.48 13.91 ± 1.92* 0.00a
  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD or number of patients: Comparisons among groups were made using the Unpaired student’s t test (a) and Chi-square test (b).
  2. AN-R: Anorexia nervosa Restricting type, AB-BP: Anorexia nervosa Binge-Purging type, BMI: Body Mass Index. *P < 0.05.
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