AN group (n = 20)

HC group (n = 40)

Statistics

P-value

Effect size

Age (years)

30.0 (6.8)

30.0 (8.6)

U = 395.5

0.944

−0.01

Length of education (years)

14.3 (2.4)

15.0 (0.9)

U = 333.0

0.279

−0.14

Social state (n)

Full Time

4

30

Part Time

2

-

No Employment

12

-

Student

2

10

Age of onset (years)

19.0 (4.3)

-

-

-

-

Duration of illness (years)

7.0 (2.5)

-

-

-

-

BMI (kg/m²)

15.3 (2.0)

20.8 (1.4)

U = 77.0***

<0.0001

−0.65

SIGH-D

13.5 (5.4)

0.0 (0.0)

U = 46.0***

<0.0001

−0.81

EDI-2

Drive for Thinness

11.0 (6.4)

-

-

-

-

Body Dissatisfaction

12.0 (7.6)

-

-

-

-

Bulimia

7.5 (5.3)

-

-

-

-

Interoceptive Confusion

9.5 (6.3)

-

-

-

-

Interprersonal Difficulty

8.5 (4.5)

-

-

-

-

Negative Self-Image

8.0 (2.9)

-

-

-

-

Compulsion for Control

4.0 (2.9)

-

-

-

-

Impulse Regulation

4.0 (2.8)

-

-

-

-

Maturity Fears

1.5 (2.4)

-

-

-

-

MSPSS

Family

5.0 (0.9)

6.0 (0.7)

U = 155.5**

<0.001

−0.50

Significant Other

4.5 (1.2)

6.5 (0.6)

U = 142.0***

<0.0001

−0.53

Friends

3.3 (1.5)

6.0 (0.8)

U = 128.5***

<0.0001

−0.55

Total

4.4 (1.2)

6.2 (0.5)

U = 108.0***

<0.0001

−0.59

SF-36

Physical Component Summary

54.1 (5.7)

56.9 (3.8)

U = 332.0

0.286

−0.16

Mental Component Summary

37.9 (8.2)

53.0 (5.6)

U = 124.0***

<0.0001

−0.56

Role/Social Component Summary

35.4 (15.8)

50.3 (5.2)

U = 223.0*

0.006

−0.36