Association between resting energy expenditure, psychopathology and HPA-axis in eating disorders

Table 2 Pearson’s correlations

	BMI	REE	Cortisol levels	SCL-90 GSI	EDE-Q total	EDE-Q restraint	EDE-Q EC	EDE-Q WC	EDE-Q SC
Anorexia Nervosa patients; n: 22
Age	-0.11	-0.07	-0.05	-0.58a	-0.12	0.06	-0.13	-0.12	0.02
BMI		-0.63b	-0.49a	0.13	-0.32	-0.20	-0.42	-0.25	-0.46a
REE			0.83b	0.10	0.39	0.17	0.33	0.45	0.63b
Cortisol levels				0.68	0.33	0.09	0.28	0.34	0.68b
SCL-90 GSI					0.40	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.76b
Bulimia Nervosa patients; n: 21
Age	-0.16	0.14	-0.04	0.09	0.24	0.38	-0.12	0.42	0.13
BMI		0.59b	0.77	-0.20	0.16	-0.21	0.45a	0.15	0.2
REE			0.24	0.00	0.43	0.33	0.42	0.19	0.46a
Cortisol levels				-0.10	-0.05	0.33	-0.12	0.12	0.23
SCL-90 GSI					0.37	0.28	0.40	-0.02	0.30

Data are Pearson’s correlation coefficients:

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01. REE: Resting energy expenditure; BMI: Body mass index; SCL-90 GSI: Symptom checklist (SCL 90-R) global severity index; EDE-Q: Eating disorder examination questionnaire; EC: Eating concern; WC: Weight concern; SC: Shape concern.