Demographics of all participants, and scores of symptom scales relevant to the ED group.

Notes: One-way analysis of variances was performed to compare age, height, weight, BMI and HADS subscales between the HC, AN and BN groups. HC, healthy control; ED, eating disorder; AN, anorexia nervosa; BN bulimia nervosa; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; EDI, the Eating Disorder Inventory; EDE-Q, the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, BITE, the Bulimic Investigatory Test; TAS-20, the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Significant differences between each patient group with the HC group were shown with ***p**pp