Endocrine Abstracts

The variables which might affect the reproductive function in recovered patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) were investigated. We studied 12 patients with partially (n=6) and fully recovered AN (n= 6). They were matched for age (22.5 plus/minus 1.8 vs. 23.2 plus/minus 1.7 yrs; p>0.05), body weight (50.3 plus/minus 2.1 vs. 56.7 plus/minus 2.3kg; p>0.05) and BMI (19.7 plus/minus 0.2 vs. 20.3 plus/minus 0.6 kg/m2, p>0.05). Partially recovered AN were amenorrhoeic while f...