Influence of Stress in the Onset of Eating Disorders: Data From a Two-Stage Epidemiologic Controlled Study
Luis Rojo, MD,
Llanos Conesa, MD,
Ovidio Bermudez, MD and
Lorenzo Livianos, MD
From the Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry, "La Fe" University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain (L.R., L.L.); Psychiatric Service, Hospital of Sagunto, Spain (L.C.); Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (O.B.).

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Figure 1. Evolution of stress caused by acute life events in the year preceding ED onset, versus controls.
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Figure 2. Evolution of stress caused by acute life events and chronic difficulties in the year preceding ED onset, versus controls.
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Figure 3. Distribution of the cases with ED with and without stressful provoking agents and psychiatric comorbidity.
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Figure 4. Structural equation modeling. Model of stress, comorbidity, and ED.
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Copyright © 2006 by the American Psychosomatic Society