Anorexia nervosa

Male

%

Female

%

Total number of cases

Reference

Prepubertal

26

74

15

Blitzer et al. 1961

18

82

50

Galdston 1974*

9

91

30

Goetz et al. 1977*

25

75

4

Anyan & Schowalter 1983

40

60

10

Hawley 1985

30

70

20

Jacobs & Isaacs 1986

18

82

90

Pfeiffer et al. 1986*

27

73

48

Fosson et al. 1987

27

73

33

Gislason 1988

30

70

27

Higgs et al. 1989

10

90

20

Rastam 1989*

Postpubertal

4-6

94-96

>300

 Jacobs & Isaacs 1986 Suematsu 1985, Szmuckler et al. 1986