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Table 2 Comparison of psychological assessments and BMI among depressed eating disorder patients with or without lifetime hypomania/mania episodes

From: Comparison of associated features and drug treatment between co-occurring unipolar and bipolar disorders in depressed eating disorder patients

Variables

Eating disorders with MDD

Eating disorders with bipolar II disorder

Eating disorders with bipolar I disorder

2 vs. 1

3 vs. 1

3 vs. 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(n = 133)

(n = 55)

(n = 39)

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

P-value†

P-value†

P-value†

Intelligence quotient

101.2 ± 13.7

100.9 ± 12.7

93.0 ± 14.6

0.6897

0.0085

0.0070

Working memory

54.9 ± 26.5

54.6 ± 29.2

36.4 ± 27.7

0.8742

0.0003

0.0026

Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh

29.7 ± 11.6

31.8 ± 9.1

30.4 ± 11.7

0.0695

0.3315

0.4221

 Symptom subscale

20.4 ± 6.4

21.3 ± 5.4

19.4 ± 6.3

0.2238

0.5335

0.0760

 Severity subscale

9.3 ± 6.6

10.5 ± 5.1

10.9 ± 7.3

0.0612

0.0334

0.7174

Body Shape Questionnaire-8

4.6 ± 1.2

4.9 ± 1.1

4.4 ± 1.3

0.0870

0.5152

0.0465

Beck Depression Inventory

26.2 ± 10.6

26.8 ± 8.8

31.7 ± 9.5

0.9275

0.0079

0.0125

Affective Lability Scale

48.3 ± 8.7

51.6 ± 7.9

56.7 ± 8.6

0.0410

<0.0001

0.0039

Barrett Impulsiveness Scale

58.5 ± 6.0

61.6 ± 6.9

62.4 ± 6.9

0.0018

0.0006

0.5505

BMI, current (kg/m2)

20.3 ± 4.8

23.5 ± 5.5

23.6 ± 6.2

0.0488

0.0430

0.8204

BMI, maximal (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 5.1

26.8 ± 6.4

25.7 ± 5.4

0.0243

0.4736

0.3549

BMI, minimal (kg/m2)

17.0 ± 3.2

18.7 ± 2.9

18.5 ± 3.8

0.2187

0.3413

0.8838

  1. Values in bold type indicated statistically significant
  2. MDD major depressive disorder, BMI Body mass index
  3. †adjusted for age, gender, and eating disorder subtypes