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ArticlePloS one2017

Predictors and long-term health outcomes of eating disorders.

Katie M O'Brien, Denis R Whelan, Dale P Sandler, Janet E Hall, Clarice R Weinberg

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04080141 (Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04080141 completednot on this map

Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy: Maternal and Paternal Mental Health Before and in the Long-term

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of Milano BicoccaRan2012 to 2019Enrolled90ConditionsTherapeutic Abortion With Complications, Personality Disorders, Trauma, Psychological, Reproductive BehaviorArmsMultiple psychometric questionnaire, Clinical psychiatric examination
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Clinical staging for eating disorders: A scoping review and update.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026
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  19. Food insecurity and binge-eating disorder in early adolescence.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katie M O'BrienBiostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1931-1349
Denis R WhelanBiostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.
Dale P SandlerEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.
Janet E HallClinical Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.
Clarice R WeinbergBiostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors For Breast Cancer: The Sister StudyZIAES044005 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 2009 to 2025
$22.7M
The Two Sister StudyZIAES102245 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WEINBERG, CLARICE · 2009 to 2025
$8.6M
Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer: The Sister StudyZ01ES044005 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 1999 to 2008
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES044005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anorexia and bulimia nervosa may have long-term effects on overall and reproductive health. We studied predictors of self-reported eating disorders and associations with later health events. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) for these associations in 47,759 participants from the Sister Study. Two percent (n = 967) of participants reported a history of an eating disorder. Risk factors included being non-Hispanic white, having well-educated parents, recent birth cohort (OR = 2.16, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.01-2.32 per decade), and having a sister with an eating disorder (OR = 3.68, CI: 1.92-7.02). As adults, women who had experienced eating disorders were more likely to smoke, to be underweight, to have had depression, to have had a later first birth, to have experienced bleeding or nausea during pregnancy, or to have had a miscarriage or induced abortion. In this descriptive analysis, we identified predictors of and possible long-term health consequences of eating disorders. Eating disorders may have become more common over time. Interventions should focus on prevention and mitigation of long-term adverse health effects.

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AdultAgedAnorexia NervosaBulimia NervosaFeeding and Eating DisordersFemaleHumansMiddle AgedOdds RatioPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsProspective StudiesRisk Factors

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PMCPMC5507321
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