Patterns of Medical Diagnoses Before and After a Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigates the overall pattern and timing of medical diagnoses up to 10 years before an anorexia nervosa (AN) diagnosis and explores differences before and after AN diagnosis aiming to improve early detection.

Method

In this nationwide population-based cohort study, we included all patients diagnosed with incident AN from 1987 to 2018 (n = 13,345) and a 1:10 age- and sex-matched general population comparison cohort, using Danish health registries. Using conditional logistic regression, we calculated odds ratios (ORs) of medical diagnoses up to 10 years before AN diagnosis. Additionally, we calculated crude and adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for risk of medical diagnoses after AN diagnosis using Cox proportional hazards model.

Results

AN was assoc

SUBMITTER: Soeby M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891635 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature