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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Factors influencing the length of hospital stay of patients with anorexia nervosa – results of a prospective multi-center study

Sample (n = 176)

 Age M (SD)

27.1 (8.9)

 Admission BMI M (SD)

15.0 (1.6)

AN subtypea N (%)

 Restricting

88 (54.0)

 Purging

75 (46.0)

Age of onseta M (SD)

17.8 (6.0)

Previous inpatient treatmenta N (%)

 Yes

102 (60.0)

 No

68 (40.0)

Educationa N (%)

 Primary Education

53 (30.8)

 Secondary Education

74 (43.0)

 University Degree

22 (12.8)

 Student and other

23 (13.4)

Marital Statusa N (%)

 Single

143 (83.1)

 Married

21 (12.2)

 Divorced and widowed

8 (4.7)

Partnershipa N (%)

 Yes

57 (32.9)

 No

116 (67.1)

Center N (%)

 HH

29 (16.5)

 P

46 (26.1)

 BB

101 (57.4)

  1. a Variable contains missing values. The percentages are calculated based on all patients with non-missing information on the respective variable