Table 3.
Characteristics of study groups on demographic variables
| ED (n = 12) |
ED-C (n = 17) |
Depression/Anxiety (n = 34) |
No-diagnosis (n = 36) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n (%) | X 2 | p | |||
| Food Security Statusa | 4.89 | .56 | ||||
| Marginal food security | 3 (25%) | 1 (14.3%) | 3 (8.8%) | 6 (16.7%) | ||
| Low food security | 3 (25%) | 7 (41.2%) | 8 (23.5%) | 10 (27.8%) | ||
| Very low food security | 6 (50%) | 9 (52.9%) | 23 (67.6%) | 20 (55.6%) | ||
| Race | 19.62 | .35 | ||||
| White | 6 (6.1%) | 12 (12.1%) | 16 (16.2%) | 20 (20.2%) | ||
| Black | 5 (5.1%) | 2 (2%) | 14 (14.1%) | 9 (9.1%) | ||
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 (1%) | 0 | ||
| American Indian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1%) | ||
| Biracial | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | 0 | 2 (2%) | ||
| Other (unspecified) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Ethnicity | 6.54 | .69 | ||||
| Hispanic/Latinx | 0 | 1 (1%) | 6 (6.1%) | 3 (3%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic/Latinx | 11 (11.1%) | 14 (14.1%) | 25 (25.3%) | 29 (29.3%) | ||
| Not reported | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (4%) | ||
| Mean (SD) | F | p | Post-hoc Bonferroni tests | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 48.00 (8.25) | 45.00 (13.68) | 33.91 (11.88) | 41.44 (16.22) | 4.54 | .005 | ED > Depression/Anxiety ED-C > Depression/Anxiety |
| BMI | 34.73 (7.34) | 32.06 (10.30) | 26.87 (7.54) | 29.55 (10.20) | 2.72 | .049 | |
Note: ED = Eating Disorder only group; ED-C = Eating Disorder Comorbidity group; BMI = Body Mass Index. BMI was calculated using self-reported height and weight.
a
Food security status was measured using the USDA Household Food Security Survey Module.