Increased risk of somatic diseases following anorexia nervosa in a controlled nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the risk of somatic diseases in connection with anorexia nervosa (AN).

Method

This matched cohort study was based on Danish registries of all patients born 1961-2008 with a first-time diagnosis of AN in 1994-2018 at age 8-32 and matched controls without an eating disorder. For 13 somatic disease categories, time from inclusion date to time of first somatic diagnosis, accounting for censoring, was studied by use of time-stratified Cox models.

Results

A total of 9985 AN patients born 1961-2008 and 49,351 controls were followed for a median (interquartile range) of 9.0 (4.4-15.7) years. During the first 2 years after entry there was a 60% higher hazard for any somatic disease among patients with AN than among controls, while the ratio from three to 11

SUBMITTER: Steinhausen HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9323483 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature