Prediction of low body weight at long-term follow-up in acute anorexia nervosa by low body weight at referral
| Autor: | R. Seidel, Wolfgang Herzog, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Günther W. Himmelmann, Johannes Hebebrand, Helmut Remschmidt, Helmut Schäfer, Margit Amstein, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Hans-Christian Deter |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Anorexia Nervosa Adolescent Referral Long term follow up Body Mass Index Risk Factors medicine Humans Age of Onset Risk factor Referral and Consultation Probability Emaciation Body Weight Age Factors Middle Aged Prognosis Surgery Hospitalization Psychiatry and Mental health Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) Acute Disease Regression Analysis Female medicine.symptom Age of onset Psychology Body mass index Follow-Up Studies Low body weight |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Psychiatry. 154:566-569 |
| ISSN: | 1535-7228 0002-953X |
| DOI: | 10.1176/ajp.154.4.566 |
| Popis: | Objective: The authors investigated the hypothesis that in acute anorexia nervosa a low body weight predicts a poor weight prognosis for the future. Method: The body mass indexes at referral of 272 female patients were examined in relation to the body mass indexes of these patients after a mean follow-up of 9.5 years. Results: The overall correlation between body mass indexes at referral and at follow-up was r=0.33. Despite this low correlation, the 100 patients with body mass indexes less than 13 kg/m 2 at referral had low weights at long-term follow-up. Eleven of the 12 deceased patients were among these 100 patients, as were 24 of the 46 surviving patients whose body mass indexes were 17.5 kg/m 2 or less at follow-up. Conclusions: For patients with anorexia nervosa, a body mass index less than 13 kg/m 2 at referral indicates a substantial risk for chronic anorexia nervosa and death related to emaciation. (Am J Psychiatry 1997; 154:566‐569) |
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