. 2023 Nov 5;15(21):4687. doi: 10.3390/nu15214687

Table 4.

Comparison of overall eating disorders and social media addiction across different demographics.

Indicator	Composite Score	Eating Disorder Total			Social Media Addiction
Indicator	n	Mean Rank	Test Statistics	p Value	Mean Rank	Test Statistics	p Value
Gender ^a	Male = 157	170.97	14,439.50	0.442	169.15	14,154.00	0.298
Gender ^a	Female = 193	179.18			180.66
Age in years ^b	14–17 = 137	163.98	2.92	0.226	155.54	9.45	0.008 **
	18–21 = 130	182.90			192.93
	22–25 = 83	182.93			181.16
BMI ^b	Underweight = 100	177.15	0.47	0.983	192.44	7.69	0.090
	Normal = 206	172.93			164.95
	Overweight = 35	183.24			175.76
	Obese = 8	184.31			221.69
	Severely obese= 1	198.50			276.00
Marital status ^a	Single = 333	172.35	1781.50	0.570	175.75	2082.50	0.277
Marital status ^a	Married = 15	222.23			146.83
Socioeconomic status ^b	Lower class = 8	176.38	5.16	0.070	185.25	0.15	0.930
	Middle class = 314	171.77			175.71
	High class = 28	217.07			170.30
Institution ^b	High school = 80	183.60	1.27	0.527	158.69	4.58	0.101
	College = 92	166.44			169.25
	University = 178	176.54			186.28
Living place ^b	With family = 297	175.52	7.692	0.019 *	177.41	2.22	0.334
	Separate place = 22	221.14			144.43
	Student hostel = 31	142.97			179.21
Smoking ^a	Yes = 22	224.89	2521.50	0.019 *	162.18	3315.00	0.526
Smoking ^a	No = 328	172.19			176.39
Family history of eating disorders ^a	Yes = 22	226.02	2496.50	0.014 *	183.14	3440.00	0.718
Family history of eating disorders ^a	No = 328	172.11			174.99

n = 350 participants. Mann–Whitney test ^a, Kruskal–Wallis test ^b, * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01.