The relationship of autistic traits to taste and olfactory processing in anorexia nervosa

Table 1 Group demographic and clinical characteristics

	HC mean (SD) (n = 40)	AN mean (SD) (n = 40)	Test statistic	p	Effect size (d (95% CI))
Age (years)	26.45 (7.55)	26.65 (8.60)	t(78) = − 0.33	0.741	− 0.07 (− 0.51-0.36)
Gender	n = 38 female (95.00%) n = 2 male (5.00%)	n = 38 female (95.00%) n = 2 male (5.00%)		1.00
BMI*	22.5 (4.3)	15.75 (1.22)	U = 0	≤ 0.001	2.92 (2.27-3.55)
Smoking (% never smoked)	n = 30 (75.00%)	n = 30 (75.00%)		1.00
Psychiatric medication (% currently taking)	n = 0 (0.00%)	n = 25 (62.50%)		≤ 0.001
EDE-Q global*	0.58 (0.9) n = 39	4.05 (1.79) n = 39	U = 74	≤ 0.001	− 2.90 (− 3.54-2.26).
AQ	12.48 (6.74)	23.55 (10.26)	t (78) = − 5.71	≤ 0.001	− 1.28 (− 1.75-0.79)
HADS depression*	2 (4) n = 39	9 (5) n = 39)	U = 174.5	≤ 0.001	− 1.79 (− 2.32-1.26).
HADS anxiety	6.08 (3.80) n = 39	13.00 (4.63) n = 39	t (76) = − 7.21	≤ 0.001	− 1.63 (− 2.14-1.12)

*Indicates non-normally distributed data. Medians and interquartile ranges presented instead of means/standard deviations (SD). Effect sizes presented with 95% confidence intervals (CI)

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