Participants of primarily European decent were from the three multisite international Price Foundation Genetic Studies of Eating Disorders: the Anorexia Nervosa Affected Relative Pair Study, the Bulimia Nervosa Affected Relative Pair Study, and the Anorexia Nervosa Trios Study [Kaye et al., 2000, 2004; Reba et al., 2005]. Each study was designed to identify susceptibility loci involved in risk for eating disorders. Informed consent was obtained from all study participants, and all sites received approval from their local Institutional Review Board. Brief descriptions of each study are provided below.
