title: Ferritin and body mass index predict cardiac dysfunction in female adolescents with anorexia of the restrictive type.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Decreased left ventricular mass index in anorexia nervosa is amply reported. The aim of this study is to identify non-burdensome predictors of reduced left yentricular mass/height (cLVM) in a cohort of adolescent restrictive anorexic girls.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective study of all anorexic girls of the restrictive type referred to our tertiary eating disorder unit between September 2002 and December 2012, for somatic assessment of weig ht loss. All subjects fulfilled DMS-IV criteria, without a family history of cardiac or cardiovascular diseases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 283 restrictive anorexic girls (age: 14.63 +/- 1.65 y; body mass index: 15.72 +/- 1.81 kg/m2) were included. Ferritin and body mass index were independent, statistically significant predictors of the corrected left ventricular mass (P <0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Decreased cLVM is very common in anorexia nervosa of the restrictive type. Two factors predicted decreased cLVM in our population: ferritin and BMI.
authors.forename: Martine K F
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Docx
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weyler
authors.forename: Annik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramet
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mertens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000855:Anorexia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001530:Belgium; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002170:Canada; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins