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Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in women with bulimia nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specified
Author(s) -
Torgersen Leila,
Von Holle Ann,
ReichbornKjennerud Ted,
Berg Cecilie Knoph,
Hamer Robert,
Sullivan Patrick,
Bulik Cynthia M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20564
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , eating disorders , vomiting , odds ratio , nausea , odds , pregnancy , psychiatry , hyperemesis gravidarum , psychology , binge eating , not otherwise specified , medicine , logistic regression , obstetrics , biology , genetics
Objective: To explore the prevalence of pregnancy‐related nausea (PN) and vomiting (PV), and hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), in women with bulimia nervosa (BN) and EDNOS purging subtype (EDNOS‐P). Method: Pregnant women (38,038) enrolled in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study had questionnaire‐based information on eating disorder diagnosis and PN, PV, and HG. We estimated the odds for PN, PV, and HG using logistic regression. Results: Women with BN, purging subtype, but not women with BN, nonpurging subtype, had statistically significant higher odds of PN and PV compared to women without eating disorders. The EDNOS‐P group showed significantly higher odds of PV. The odds of HG did not differ significantly between those with and without an eating disorder, or across eating disorder subtypes. Conclusion: Our results suggest that eating disorders marked by the symptom of purging are associated with increased odds of PN and PV. © 2008 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2008