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Risk factors across the eating disorders

This study sought to examine risk and onset patterns in anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED). Women with AN (n=71), BN (n=66), BED (n=160) and non-psychiatric controls (n=323) were compared retrospectively on risk factors, symptom onset, and diagnostic migration. Eating disorder groups reported greater risk exposure than non-psychiatric controls. AN and BED differed on premorbid personality/behavioral problems, childhood obesity, and family overeating. Risk factors for BN were shared with AN and BED. Dieting was the most common onset symptom in AN, whereas binge eating was most common in BN and BED. Migration between AN and BED was rare, but more frequent between AN and BN and between BN and BED. AN and BED have distinct risk factors and onset patterns, while BN shares similar risk factors and onset patterns with both AN and BED. Results should inform future classification schemes and prevention programs.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-223556
Date12 April 2017
CreatorsHilbert, Anja, Pike, Kathleen, Goldschmidt, Andrea, Wilfley, Denise, Fairburn, Christopher, Dohm, Faith-Anne, Walsh, Timothy, Striegel Weissman, Ruth
ContributorsUnievrsitätsklinikum Leipzig, Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Colombia University, Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, cDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry, Fairfield University, Graduate School of Education & Allied Professions, Wesleyan University, Department of Psychology, Universitätsklinikum , Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie
PublisherUniversitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
SourcePsychiatry research (2014) 220, 1-2, S. 500 - 506

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