OXTR and bulimia nervosa: Using a larger sample which included the participants examined here, we previously found that individuals who were A carriers for these two common OXTR SNPs (rs53576 and rs2254298) had elevated severity for eating disorder symptoms (e.g., oral control, eating obsessions, and appearance concerns) if they developed AN; however, this was not the case for individuals with bulimia nervosa (Acevedo et al., 2015).