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A Computer-Based Platform for Aiding Clinicians in Eating Disorder Analysis and Diagnosis
Published on: May 10, 2022
Associations between eating disorder diagnoses, behaviors, and menstrual dysfunction in a clinical sample
Maria Giulia Martini1,2, Francesca Solmi3, Isabel Krug4
1Institute of Child Health, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Unit, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH, London, UK. m.martini@ucl.ac.uk.
Abstract:
We explored associations between lifetime eating disorder (ED) diagnoses and behaviors and menstrual dysfunction using logistic regression models. Body mass index (BMI) fully explained differences in the odds of secondary amenorrhea (SA) across diagnoses. Women with dieting behaviors had borderline significantly higher odds of SA than those without after accounting for BMI. We suggest the presence of a strong association between BMI and SA and that dieting might represent a risk factor for SA regardless of BMI and ED diagnosis.
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