OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between psychosocial factors and family background and incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) in a Swedish cohort. METHOD: The Stockholm Birth Cohort, SBC (N = 14,294) contains information on social background and general health in males and females, born in Stockholm 1953. Hospitalizations for AN, based on diagnoses from the ICD-8 through ICD-10, were recorded from 1969 to 2002. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to measure the association between psychosocial characteristics and family background and the risk of AN. RESULTS: Higher maternal education was associated with a higher risk for hospitalization for AN. An increased risk for AN was also found among females who stated that they "often compare their future prospects with others." DISCUSSION: Although the study is based on a low number of cases, it confirms earlier findings of higher maternal education among individuals with eating disorders in similar cohorts.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between psychosocial factors and family background and incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) in a Swedish cohort. METHOD: The Stockholm Birth Cohort, SBC (N = 14,294) contains information on social background and general health in males and females, born in Stockholm 1953. Hospitalizations for AN, based on diagnoses from the ICD-8 through ICD-10, were recorded from 1969 to 2002. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to measure the association between psychosocial characteristics and family background and the risk of AN. RESULTS: Higher maternal education was associated with a higher risk for hospitalization for AN. An increased risk for AN was also found among females who stated that they "often compare their future prospects with others." DISCUSSION: Although the study is based on a low number of cases, it confirms earlier findings of higher maternal education among individuals with eating disorders in similar cohorts.
Authors: Jennifer L Bakalar; Lisa M Shank; Anna Vannucci; Rachel M Radin; Marian Tanofsky-Kraff Journal: Curr Psychiatry Rep Date: 2015-06 Impact factor: 5.285
Authors: Jan Sundquist; Henrik Ohlsson; Marilyn A Winkleby; Kristina Sundquist; Casey Crump Journal: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2015-10-22 Impact factor: 8.829