TABLE 3.
Associations between food insecurity and food addiction diagnostic criteria
| YFAS diagnostic criteriaa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age- and gender- adjusted |
Multivariate-adjustedb |
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| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Food secure | Ref. | - | Ref. | - |
| Food insecure | 3.83 | 2.38, 6.17 | 3.82 | 2.36, 6.19 |
a
YFAS diagnostic criteria include endorsement of at least 2 individual symptoms and endorsement of “clinically significant impairment or distress”
b
Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for age, gender, race and ethnicity, educational attainment, and income (relative to federal poverty guideline)