title: Anorexia nervosa in young men: A cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study investigates the background and outcome of anorexia nervosa (AN) in young men.
  
  
  METHODS
  All (N = 61) men, born in 1968-1977 with hospital care in Sweden between 1987 and 1992 due to AN, were compared with the general population. Information about socioeconomic background, health-related outcome (hospital care for AN, other psychiatric diagnoses, abuse of alcohol/drugs and/or suicide attempt), and social outcome (major income from sick leave/sick pension or > or = 6 months social welfare, living with birth parents, and living with child and partner; education level) was taken from national registers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On a group level, the findings suggest some differences between male patients with AN and the male population without AN concerning social background, capacity to support oneself, and living with partner and child. Mental ill-health outcome was almost the same for men with AN as for the general population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Male gender in AN--on a group level--suggests a good psychiatric prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. frank.lindblad@ipm.ki.se
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lindblad
authors.forename: Lene
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hjern
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology