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Table 1 Weighted lifetime and 12-month prevalence of eating disorders amongst 5542 participants

From: Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of eating disorders amongst women in mid-life: a population-based study of diagnoses and risk factors

 

N

Weighted lifetime prevalence, % (95% CI)

N

Weighted 12-month prevalence, % (95% CI)

Any eating disorder

332

15.33 (13.48–17.42)

108

3.61 (3.00–4.35)

Anorexia nervosa (all)

105

3.64 (2.81–4.72)

7

0.23 (0.16–0.47)

Anorexia nervosa restrictive

51

2.05 (1.40–3.01)

Anorexia nervosa binge-purge

54

1.68 (1.28–2.21)

Bulimia nervosa

68

2.15 (1.70–2.74)

14

0.41 (0.24–0.70)

Binge eating disorder

62

1.96 (1.52–2.51)

33

1.03 (0.73–1.46)

OSFED (all)

211

7.64 (6.32–9.24)

56

1.65 (1.26–2.17)

 Purging disorder

36

1.28 (0.85–1.92)

7

0.23 (0.11–0.47)

 Sub-threshold bulimia nervosa

46

1.42 (1.06–1.90)

14

0.44 (0.27–0.74)

 Sub-threshold binge eating disorder

30

0.90 (0.63–1.30)

13

0.38 (0.22–0.67)

 Atypical anorexia nervosa

51

1.70 (1.22–2.39)

12

0.35 (0.20–0.63)

 Other OSFED

49

2.14 (1.43–3.22)

10

0.29 (0.16–0.55)

  1. Note: Two women (0.09% (0.03–0.29)) were diagnosed as unspecified feeding or eating disorder
  2. OSFED other specified feeding and eating disorder