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Bone Mass Eight Years After Treatment for Adolescent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa.
- Source :
- European Eating Disorders Review; Sep2012, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p386-392, 7p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Objective This paper aims to study long-term bone mineral development in former patients with an onset of anorexia nervosa during childhood and adolescence. Methods Bone mineral density (BMD) in lumbar spine and total hip was measured in 39 female participants (mean age = 23.1 years, SD 3.5) an average of 8.1 (±3.3) years after treatment start. Results At follow-up, seven participants (17.9%) still suffered from an eating disorder. Mean BMD in the former patients was within the normal range in the hip but significantly reduced in the spine. Fourteen (36%) of the participants had osteopenia, and three (8%) had osteoporosis in the spine and/or hip. Amenorrhea for more than two years was associated with reduced BMD in the spine, whereas low weight at follow-up was associated with low BMD in both the spine and the hip. Conclusion A large minority of these former patients had low bone mass in young adulthood. In accordance with other studies, our findings support the importance of weight restoration for future bone health in young patients with anorexia nervosa. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANOREXIA nervosa treatment
ANOREXIA nervosa complications
STATISTICAL correlation
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
MATHEMATICAL statistics
RESEARCH methodology
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
SELF-evaluation
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
X-ray densitometry in medicine
DATA analysis
MULTIPLE regression analysis
PARAMETERS (Statistics)
BONE density
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10724133
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Eating Disorders Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 79242365
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2179