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. 2023 May 17;28(1):43. doi: 10.1007/s40519-023-01570-3

Table 2.

Girls: characteristics and age- and BMI-adjusted comparisons of subgroups based on time of activity

Girls No sport
(n = 65)
Lower tertile
(n = 83)
Intermediate tertile (n = 39) Upper tertile
(n = 45)
F(1,232)a η2
M SD M SD M SD M SD
Age 17.00 0.10 16.92 0.10 17.07 0.11 16.86 0.12 1,00 .01
BMI 20.06 0.25 20.33 0.25 20.22 0.27 20.46 0.31 0.68 .01
EDE dietary restraint 1.67 0.20 1.58 0.19 1.96 0.21 1.30 0.24 1.23 .01
EDE eating concern 1.33 0.17 1.37 0.16 1.56 0.18 1.33 0.20 0.27 .00
EDE weight concern 2.38 0.21 2.20 0.20 2.38 0.22 2.14 0.25 0.59 .01
EDE shape concern 3.02 0.21 2.54 0.21 2.95 0.22 2.31 0.25 1.34 .02
EDE total score 2.10 0.18 1.92 0.18 2.21 0.19 1.77 0.22 0.72 .01
BUT weight phobia 2.33 0.16 2.04 0.16 2.49 0.17 1.94 0.20 0.57 .01
BUT body image concern 2.14 0.15 1.78 0.15 1.97 0.16 1.50 0.18 1.73 .02
BUT avoidance 0.85 0.11 0.75 0.11 0.77 0.12 0.50 0.14 1.05 .01
BUT compulsive self-monitoring 1.80 0.14 1.54 0.14 1.78 0.15 1.58 0.17 0.76 .01
BUT depersonalisation 1.05 0.37 1.63 0.36 1.24 0.39 0.70 0.44 1.22 .01
BUT global severity index 1.71 1.06 1.63 1.07 1.53 1.11 1.33 1.01 1.21 .01

M mean, SD standard deviation, F F test, η2 effect size for the ANOVA model, BMI body mass index, EDE Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, BUT body uneasiness test

aN = 222 for analyses involving BMI