Reasons for admission and variance of body weight at referral in female inpatients with anorexia nervosa in Germany

• Main Authors: Triinu Peters (Author), David Kolar (Author), Manuel Föcker (Author), Katharina Bühren (Author), Brigitte Dahmen (Author), Katja Becker (Author), Linda Weber (Author), Christoph U. Correll (Author), Charlotte Jaite (Author), Karin M. Egberts (Author), Marcel Romanos (Author), Stefan Ehrlich (Author), Maria Seidel (Author), Veit Roessner (Author), Christian Fleischhaker (Author), Alexander von Gontard (Author), Freia Hahn (Author), Michael Huss (Author), Michael Kaess (Author), Tanja Legenbauer (Author), Tobias J. Renner (Author), Ulrike M. E. Schulze (Author), Judith Sinzig (Author), Ida Wessing (Author), Gisela Antony (Author), Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann (Author), Gertraud Gradl-Dietsch (Author), Johannes Hebebrand (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Body mass index (BMI) at hospital admission in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) represents a prognostic marker for mortality, chronicity and future body weight. The current study focused on the associations between BMI standard deviation score (BMI-SDS) at admission and reason...