Table 6. Association between sociodemographic characteristics and total EAT-26 scores.
P Pearson's chi-squared test X2; $ T-test; * P < 0.05 (significant)
EAT-26: Eating Attitudes Test 26-item
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Without ED, N (%) | With ED, N (%) | p-value | |
| Marital status | Single | 321 (73.5%) | 116 (26.5%) | 0.475 |
| Married | 86 (75.4%) | 28 (24.6%) | ||
| Divorced | 8 (57.1%) | 6 (42.9%) | ||
| Widower | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Total | 416 (73.5%) | 150 (26.5%) | ||
| Year of study | First year | 45 (67.2%) | 22 (32.8%) | 0.315 |
| Second year | 61 (74.4%) | 21 (25.6%) | ||
| Third year | 65 (72.2%) | 25 (27.8%) | ||
| Fourth year | 73 (77.7%) | 21 (22.3%) | ||
| Fifth year | 92 (79.3%) | 24 (20.7%) | ||
| Sixth year | 80 (68.4%) | 37 (31.6%) | ||
| Type of college | Science and technology | 117 (71.3%) | 47 (28.7%) | 0.024* |
| Arts and literature | 70 (64.8%) | 38 (35.2%) | ||
| Health | 229 (77.9%) | 65 (22.1%) | ||
| Place of residence | City | 171 (67.6%) | 82 (32.4%) | 0.004* |
| Village | 245 (78.3%) | 68 (21.7%) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Obesity | 31 (55.4%) | 25 (44.6%) | 0.001* |
| Overweight | 48 (54.5%) | 40 (45.5%) | ||
| Normal | 210 (78.1%) | 59 (21.9%) | ||
| Underweight | 127 (83.0%) | 26 (17.0%) | ||
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 22.04 ± 2.81 | 22.35 ± 3.23 | 0.263$ | |
| Height (cm), mean ± SD | 155.70 ± 6.034 | 155.92 ± 7.41 | 0.726$ | |
| Weight (kg), mean ± SD | 53.20 ± 15.78 | 60.37 ± 16.22 | 0.001*$ | |