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Diagnosed eating disorders in Danish registers - incidence, prevalence, mortality, and polygenic risk.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Mortality in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Investigating Relationships Between Genetic Risk, Childhood Maltreatment, and Eating Disorders in Women.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Article
- Social Disparity and Treatment-Seeking in Eating Disorders During Childhood and Adolescence: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Tracking Glucose Trends, Unveiling Clinical Patterns: Insights From Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients at the Extreme of BMI and Eating Disorders Psychopathology.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Temporal Trends in the Epidemiology of Eating Disorders Between 2000 and 2022: A Danish Register Study of Their Incidence and Comorbidities.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Food consumption and eating disorders in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- All-cause and cause-specific mortality risk in individuals with eating disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis of relative risk and aggravating or attenuating factors.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
- A Non-Randomized Comparison of the Addition of New Maudsley Model Workshops for Parents of Adult Women Receiving Multidisciplinary Care for Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "Developing machine learning models of self-reported and register-based data to predict eating disorders in adolescence".Npj mental health research · 2025Article
- Increased risk of thromboembolism in patients with anorexia nervosa: a Danish nationwide registry-based study.BMC medicine · 2025Observational
- Trajectories of Childhood Adversity and Eating Disorders in Adolescence.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Construction of a register-based severity index for anorexia nervosa in Denmark: Association with overall and cause-specific mortality.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- Prevalence and determinants of eating disorder risk behaviours among adult women in Denmark: findings from nationwide cross-sectional health surveys between 2000 and 2023.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The role of co-occurring conditions and genetics in the associations of eating disorders with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- Adverse outcomes in patients with a diagnosis of an eating disorder: primary care cohort study with linked secondary care and mortality records.BMJ medicine · 2025Article
- Prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating in First Nations Peoples in high-income, colonial settler countries: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2025Review
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Abstract
Eating disorders are a group of severe and potentially enduring psychiatric disorders associated with increased mortality. Compared to other severe mental illnesses, they have received relatively limited research attention. Epidemiological studies often only report relative measures despite these being difficult to interpret having limited practical use. The aims of this study were to evaluate the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa, and eating disorder not otherwise specified recorded in Danish hospital registers and estimate both relative and absolute measures of subsequent mortality - both all-cause and cause-specific in a general nationwide population of 1,667,374 individuals. In a smaller, genetically informed case-cohort sample, the prediction of polygenic scores for AN, body fat percentage, and body mass index on AN prevalence and severity was estimated. Despite males being less likely to be diagnosed with an eating disorder, those that do have significantly increased rates of mortality. AN prevalence was highest for individuals with high AN and low body fat percentage/body mass index polygenic scores.
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