Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-808
Authors: Kolar, David R.
Bühren, Katharina
Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate
Becker, Katja
Egberts, Karin
Ehrlich, Stefan
Fleischhaker, Christian
Gontard, Alexander von
Hahn, Freia
Huss, Michael
Jaite, Charlotte
Kaess, Michael
Legenbauer, Tanja
Renner, Tobias J.
Roessner, Veit
Schulze, Ulrike
Sinzig, Judith
Wessing, Ida
Hebebrand, Johannes
Föcker, Manuel
Jenetzky, Ekkehart
Title: Seasonal variation of BMI at admission in German adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Online publication date: 12-Sep-2018
Year of first publication: 2018
Language: english
Abstract: Objective Recent preliminary studies indicated a seasonal association of BMI at admission to inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN), indicating lower BMI in the cold season for restrictive AN. An impaired thermoregulation was proposed as the causal factor, based on findings in animal models of AN. However, findings regarding seasonality of BMI and physical activity levels in the general population indicate lower BMI and higher physical activity in summer than in winter. Therefore, we aimed to thoroughly replicate the findings regarding seasonality of BMI at admission in patients with AN in this study. Method AN subtype, age- and gender-standardized BMI scores (BMI-SDS) at admission, mean daily sunshine duration and ambient temperature at the residency of 304 adolescent inpatients with AN of the multi-center German AN registry were analyzed. Results A main effect of DSM-5 AN subtype was found (F(2,298) = 6.630, p = .002), indicating differences in BMI-SDS at admission between restrictive, binge/purge and subclinical AN. No main effect of season on BMI-SDS at admission was found (F(1,298) = 4.723, p = .025), but an interaction effect of DSM-5 subtype and season was obtained (F(2,298) = 6.625, p = .001). Post-hoc group analyses revealed a lower BMI-SDS in the warm season for restrictive AN with a non-significant small effect size (t(203.16) = 2.140, p = .033; Hedges′g = 0.28). Small correlations of mean ambient temperature (r = −.16) and daily sunshine duration (r = −.22) with BMI-SDS in restrictive AN were found. However, the data were widely scattered. Conclusions Our findings are contrary to previous studies and question the thermoregulatory hypothesis, indicating that seasonality in AN is more complex and might be subject to other biological or psychological factors, for example physical activity or body dissatisfaction. Our results indicate only a small clinical relevance of seasonal associations of BMI-SDS merely at admission. Longitudinal studies investigating within-subject seasonal changes might be more promising to assess seasonality in AN and of higher clinical relevance.
DDC: 150 Psychologie
150 Psychology
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 04 Medizin
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-808
URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-584630
Version: Published version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License: CC BY
Information on rights of use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal: PLOS ONE
13
9
Pages or article number: e0203844
Publisher: PLOS
Publisher place: San Francisco, California, US
Issue date: 2018
ISSN: 1932-6203
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203844
Publisher DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203844
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