title: Psychosocial determinants and family background in anorexia nervosa--results from the Stockholm Birth Cohort Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine the associations between psychosocial factors and family background and incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) in a Swedish cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Stockholm Birth Cohort, SBC (N = 14,294) contains information on social background and general health in males and females, born in Stockholm 1953. Hospitalizations for AN, based on diagnoses from the ICD-8 through ICD-10, were recorded from 1969 to 2002. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to measure the association between psychosocial characteristics and family background and the risk of AN.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Higher maternal education was associated with a higher risk for hospitalization for AN. An increased risk for AN was also found among females who stated that they "often compare their future prospects with others."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the study is based on a low number of cases, it confirms earlier findings of higher maternal education among individuals with eating disorders in similar cohorts.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Equity Studies-CHESS, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. jennie.ahren@chess.su.se
authors.forename: Jennie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ahrén
authors.forename: Flaminia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiesa
authors.forename: Britt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Af Klinteberg
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koupil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology