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Table 2 Socio-demographic variables of AN 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
Married or with partner 9(37.5%) 15 (13.8%) 0.021*
Living alone 2(8.3%) 22(20.2%) 0.417
Divorced parents 3(1.5%) 9(8.2%) 0.371
History of bullying or abuse 8 (33.3%) 27(24.8%) 0.267
Education level    
High school, vocational school 16(66.7%) 76(69.7%) 0.472
College or more 2(8.3%) 16(14.7%) 0.327
Employed 0(0%) 16(14.7%) 0.033*
A history of regular employment 7(29.1%) 21(19.3%) 0.208
A history of part-time work 8(33.3%) 44(40.4%) 0.345
Lifestyle -related factors    
Smoking 4(16.6%) 24(22.0%) 0.345
Social drinking or more 4(16.6%) 36(33.0%) 0.385
  1. Values are expressed as number of patients (%). Comparisons among groups were made using the chi-square test. *P < 0.05.