Table 5.

Associations between EHQ subscales and other study measurements.

Study measurements	Categories	EHQ Feelings	EHQ Knowledge	EHQ Problems
Sex Median (IQR) Mean (SD)	Males	11.00 (4.00)	11.00 (5.00)	15.00 (7.00)
		10.09 (3.27)	10.35 (2.95)	16.37 (4.85)
	Females	11.00 (5.00)	10.00 (5.00)	15.00 (5.00)
		10.83 (3.04)	10.62 (3.25)	16.23 (4.70)
	p-value	0.194	0.597	0.898
Education level Median (IQR) Mean (SD)	High School	11.00 (5.50)	11.00 (7.00)	23.00 (13.00)
		10.00 (3.53)	9.40 (3.64)	19.80 (6.76)
	Lyceum	9.00 (5.00)	10.00 (4.00)	14.00 (3.00)
		9.80 (3.25)	10.02 (3.10)	15.35 (3.82)
	Vocational Training	11.50 (5.00)	9.50 (4.00)*	15.00 (4.75)
		10.82 (3.15)	9.77 (3.00)	15.78 (4.34)
	Tertiary Education	11.00 (4.00)	11.00 (5.00)	15.00 (5.00)
		10.88 (2.89)	10.79 (3.16)	16.45 (4.80)
	MSc/PhD	11.00 (4.75)	11.00 (4.00)*	15.00 (5.00)
		10.99 (3.16)	11.06 (3.42)	16.42 (4.98)
	p-value	0.116	0.016	0.254
Marital status Median (IQR) Mean (SD)	Single	11.00 (4.25)	10.00 (4.00)	15.00 (4.00)
		10.96 (3.00)	10.36 (3.18)	16.09 (4.43)
	Married	11.00 (5.00)	10.00 (4.50)	15.00 (4.00)*
		10.46 (3.03)	10.79 (3.21)	16.13 (4.93)
	Divorced	12.00 (5.00)	11.00 (6.00)	17.00 (7.00)
		11.06 (3.64)	10.94 (3.41)	17.32 (4.60)
	Widowed	13.00 (5.50)	11.00 (7.50)	18.00 10.00)*
		12.56 (2.83)	11.44 (4.12)	20.22 (5.31)
	p-value	0.075	0.351	0.015
IPIP Spearman rho p-value	Extraversion	0.062	0.086*	0.019
		0.145	0.043	0.664
	Agreeableness	0.108*	0.093*	0.059
		0.012	0.03	0.168
	Conscientiousness	0.069	0.181**	0.081
		0.107	0	0.057
	Emotional stability	−0.05	0.093*	−0.009
		0.241	0.029	0.828
	Intellect/ Imagination	0.095*	0.150*	0.051
		0.025	0	0.236
BDI-II Spearman rho p-value	Total	0.122**	−0.135**	0.149**
		0.004	0.001	0
OCI-R Spearman rho p-value	Total	0.121**	−0.057	0.156**
		0.005	0.185	0
	Washing	0.019*	0.032	0.165**
		0.01	0.459	0
	Checking	0.051	−0.04	0.08
		0.228	0.347	0.059
	Ordering	0.068	−0.013	0.091*
		0.11	0.766	0.033
	Obsessing	0.111**	−0.119**	0.108*
		0.009	0.005	0.011
	Hoarding	0.072	−0.046	0.083
		0.09	0.279	0.051
	Neutralizing	0.023	−0.046	0.101*
		0.591	0.28	0.018
BITE Spearman rho p-value	Symptom	0.262**	−0.193**	0.175**
		0	0	0
	Severity	0.148**	−0.204**	0.064
		0.001	0	0.132
EAT Spearman rho p-value	Total	−0.512**	−0.283**	−0.514**
		0	0	0
	Dieting	−0.354**	−0.524**	−0.442**
		0	0	0
	Food preoccupation	−0.448**	−0.063	−0.365**
		0	0.141	0
	Important others	0.039	−0.116**	−0.100*
		0.365	0.007	0.019
BMI Spearman rho p-value		0.132	−0.319	0.112
		0.486	0.085	0.557

Mann-Whitney, Kruskal Wallis, One way ANOVA, Spearman’s rho, p<0.05; IPIP: International Personality Item Pool; BDI: Beck’s Depression Inventory; BITE: Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburg; OCI-R: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Revised, EAT: Eating Attitudes Test; EHQ: Eating Habits Questionnaire; BMI: Body Mass Index