Falk J R, Halmi K A
Biol Psychiatry. 1982 Jul;17(7):799-806.
In order to examine the relevance of the critical body weight hypothesis to menstrual regulation in anorexia nervosa, extensive physical, dietary, and behavioral assessments were made in 40 anorexia nervosa patients immediately before and after treatment, and at 3-month intervals up to 1 year posttreatment. Fifteen patients recovered menses; the body weights of these patients agreed with weights predicted by the critical body weight hypothesis. However, 12 patients with continuing amenorrhea had also achieved similar body weights. Clinical assessment showed that patients with continuing amenorrhea, both of normal and low weights, had significantly more "anorectic" attitudes and behaviors than the menstruating patients.
为了检验临界体重假说与神经性厌食症月经调节的相关性，对40例神经性厌食症患者在治疗前后即刻以及治疗后长达1年的时间里每隔3个月进行了广泛的身体、饮食和行为评估。15例患者恢复了月经；这些患者的体重与临界体重假说预测的体重相符。然而，12例持续闭经的患者也达到了类似的体重。临床评估显示，体重正常和体重低的持续闭经患者比月经正常的患者有明显更多的“厌食”态度和行为。
