Anorexia nervosa is linked to reduced brain structure in reward and somatosensory regions: a meta-analysis of VBM studies

Table 1 MRI studies included in the global meta-analyses (n = 7)

Study			Sample
	Author:	Type of eating disorder	Eating disorder		Controls
	Author:	Type of eating disorder	n	Age (years)	n	Age (years)
1	Suchan et al., 2010	Anorexia nervosa	15	26.8 ± 8.4	15	29.5 ± 8.2
1	Suchan et al., 2010	Anorexia nervosa	15 female	26.8 ± 8.4	15 female	29.5 ± 8.2
2	Gaudio et al., 2011	Anorexia nervosa in adolescents	16	15.2 ± 1.7	16	15.1 ± 1.5
			16 female		16 female
3	Boghi et al., 2011 (A)	Anorexia nervosa, patients with shorter disease duration	10	21.4 ± 2.5	13	22.85 ± 1.46
3	Boghi et al., 2011 (A)	Anorexia nervosa, patients with shorter disease duration	10 female	21.4 ± 2.5	13 female	22.85 ± 1.46
3	Boghi et al., 2011 (B)	Anorexia nervosa, patients with longer disease duration	11	35.9 ± 9.3	14	38.2 ± 5.1
3	Boghi et al., 2011 (B)	Anorexia nervosa, patients with longer disease duration	11 female	35.9 ± 9.3	14 female	38.2 ± 5.1
4	Castro-Fornieles et al., 2009	Adolescent anorexia nervosa	12	14.5 ± 1.5	9	14.6 ± 3.2
			11 female		8 female
			1 male		1 male
5	Swayze et al., 2002	Anorexia nervosa (men and women)	18	25.1 ± 7.3	18	26.0 ± 7.6
			12 female		12 female
			6 male		6 male
6	Roberto et al., 2011	Anorexia nervosa	32	26.9 ± 6.4	21	25.0 ± 3.2
6	Roberto et al., 2011	Anorexia nervosa	32 female	26.9 ± 6.4	21 female	25.0 ± 3.2
7	Friederich et al., 2012	Anorexia nervosa	12	24.3 ± 6.2	14	25.6 ± 3.7
			12 female		14 female
			126		120

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