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Anorexia Nervosa Predictive Factors of Mortality in Lifetime

Follow-up with a cohort of female anorexia nervosa patients who underwent inpatient treatment indicate that the following factors being present in their lifespan predicts greater mortality compared to other severe anorexia nervosa patients:

  • Longer duration of eating disorder
  • Lower minimum post-pubertal BMI
  • More hospitalizations
  • Previous suicide attempt(s)
  • Diuretic use
  • Self-induced vomiting
  • Previous abortion(s)
  • Pre-menarche onset of eating disorder
  • Rumination

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