Fertility and history of sexual abuse at 10-year follow-up of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa.

• OBJECTIVE: We studied fertility and history of child sexual abuse (CSA) in a representative group of anorexia nervosa (AN) cases. METHOD: Fifty-one adolescent-onset AN cases recruited after community screening and 51 matched comparison cases were interviewed 10 years after reported AN onset, at mean age 24 years, regarding children, miscarriages, and fertility problems. They completed anonymously the Finkelhor self-report questionnaire regarding history of CSA. RESULTS: There were few fertility problems in our AN population. There was a tendency towards more subjects in the AN group to give birth to a child (10 AN and 4 comparison mothers). The prevalence of CSA was equal between groups. For example, 6% in each group had experienced CSA before the age of 10 years, and 14% of the AN and 12% of the comparison cases reported CSA. DISCUSSION: Infertility and history of CSA may not be overrepresented in a population-based AN sample at long-term follow-up.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

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Adolescent

Adult

Age of Onset

Anorexia Nervosa

Epidemiology

Physiopathology

Psychology

Birth Rate

Case-Control Studies

Child

Child Abuse

Sexual

Statistics & numerical data

Child

Preschool

Female

Follow-Up Studies

Humans

Male

Sweden

Epidemiology

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