Comorbidity between types of eating disorder and general medical conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comorbidity with general medical conditions is common in individuals with eating disorders. Many previous studies do not evaluate types of eating disorder.

Aims

To provide relative and absolute risks of bidirectional associations between (a) anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified and (b) 12 general medical conditions.

Method

We included all people born in Denmark between 1977 and 2010. We collected information on eating disorders and considered the risk of subsequent medical conditions, using Cox proportional hazards regression. Absolute risks were calculated using competing risks survival analyses. We also considered risks for prior medical conditions and subsequent eating disorders.

Results

An increased risk

SUBMITTER: Momen NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853638 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature