“…Seven studies of patients with BN were included in the systematic review with a total of 301 participants (145 BN cases and 156 controls), all of whom were female (Table 1) (Bello et al, 2010, Dynesen et al, 2008, Karountzos et al, 2016, Kojima et al, 2005, Pijl et al, 1995, Tagami et al, 2004, Yasuhara et al, 2004. Five studies were observational and used a case-control design, and two were randomised controlled trials in BN.…”