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

Table 5.

Comparison of eating disorder domains across different demographics.

Indicator	Composite Score	Dieting			Bulimia and Food Preoccupation			Oral Control
Indicator	n	Mean Rank	Test Statistics	p Value	Mean Rank	Test Statistics	p Value	Mean Rank	Test Statistics	p Value
Gender ^a	Male = 157	181.60	14,193.00	0.304	175.16	15,097.00	0.955	162.97	13,183.50	0.035 *
Gender ^a	Female = 193	170.54			175.78			185.69
Age in years ^b	14–17 = 137	162.60	4.36	0.112	172.45	0.50	0.784	168.21	1.46	0.485
	18–21 = 130	179.22			174.52			183.10
	22–25 = 83	190.96			182.07			175.63
BMI ^b	Underweight = 100	159.32	7.06	0.113	174.82	1.17	0.918	202.28	14.642	0.004 **
	Normal = 206	177.81			174.68			168.43
	Overweight = 35	206.70			173.24			149.19
	Obese = 8	193.06			208.94			121.00
	Severely obese = 1	85.50			223.00			311.00
Marital status ^a	Single = 333	172.73	1906.50	0.115	172.15	1715.00	0.038 *	172.79	1929.50	0.135
Marital status ^a	Married = 15	213.90			226.67			212.37
Socioeconomic status ^b	Lower class = 8	200.25	2.69	0.260	213.50	5.21	0.074	125.63	5.83	0.054
	Middle class = 314	172.50			171.39			173.49
	High class = 28	202.02			210.68			212.30
Current institution ^b	High school = 80	188.28	3.44	0.175	188.66	1.88	0.388	169.46	0.56	0.752
	College = 92	160.30			169.41			173.62
	University = 178	177.61			172.73			179.19
Living place ^b	With family = 297	174.93	8.81	0.012 *	175.96	2.95	0.235	174.88	1.22	0.549
	Separate place = 22	227.36			200.61			196.57
	Student hostel= 31	144.13			153.31			166.45
Smoking ^a	Yes = 22	231.64	2373.00	0.005 **	220.23	2624.00	0.027 *	185.55	3387.00	0.631
Smoking ^a	No = 328	171.73			172.50			174.83
Family history of eating disorders ^b	Yes = 22	209.64	2857.00	0.103	242.09	2143.00	0.001 ***	199.64	3077.00	0.253
Family history of eating disorders ^b	No = 328	173.21			171.03			173.88

n = 350 participants. Mann–Whitney test ^a, Kruskal–Wallis test ^b. * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001.