Functional gastrointestinal disorders in eating disorder patients: Altered distribution and predictors using ROME III compared to ROME II criteria

Table 1 Descriptive details and diagnoses of the ROME III and ROME II cohorts¹

Descriptive details	ROME III cohortn = 100	ROME II cohortn = 160
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age (yr)	25.1 ± 7.9	24.7 ± 6.4
Current BMI kg/m2	18.5 ± 3.8	18.2 ± 3.6
Lowest BMI kg/m2	15.9 ± 2.9	15.7 ± 4.2
QOL ED score2	16.0 ± 3.5	16.3 ± 3.2
ED diagnoses	%	%
AN-R	27	26
AN-P	20	20
BN	9	18
EDNOS-R	14	11
EDNOS-P	30	25

¹No significant differences between cohorts for descriptive details or diagnoses;

²Range 0 to 24, > 7 indicative of the presence of an ED. AN-R: Anorexia nervosa-restricting; AN-P: Anorexia nervosa-purging; BN: Bulimia nervosa; EDNOS-R: Eating disorder not otherwise specified-restricting; EDNOS-P: Eating disorder not otherwise specified-purging; QOL ED: QOL related to eating disorders.