Table 2.
Comparison between the FA screening groups.
| FA absent (n = 723) | FA probable (n = 172) | FA present (n = 77) | FA absent vs. FA probable | FA absent vs. FA present | FA present vs. FA probable | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | p | |C-V| | p | |C-V| | p | |C-V| | |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Female | 514 | 71.1% | 126 | 73.3% | 48 | 62.3% | 0.572 | 0.019 | 0.110 | 0.056 | 0.083 | 0.110 |
| Male | 209 | 28.9% | 46 | 26.7% | 29 | 37.7% | ||||||
| Marital | ||||||||||||
| Single | 671 | 92.8% | 159 | 92.4% | 76 | 98.7% | 0.570 | 0.035 | 0.141 | 0.070 | 0.052 | 0.126 |
| Married | 48 | 6.6% | 13 | 7.6% | 1 | 1.3% | ||||||
| Divorced | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||
| Origin | ||||||||||||
| Galapagos | 9 | 1.2% | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 1.3% | 0.197 | 0.072 | 0.995 | 0.009 | 0.503 | 0.097 |
| Coast | 207 | 28.6% | 63 | 36.6% | 21 | 27.3% | ||||||
| Mountain | 450 | 62.2% | 97 | 56.4% | 49 | 63.6% | ||||||
| East | 57 | 7.9% | 11 | 6.4% | 6 | 7.8% | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p | |d| | p | |d| | p | |d| | |
| Age (years-old) | 20.11 | 2.57 | 20.23 | 2.91 | 20.16 | 2.52 | 0.577 | 0.05 | 0.879 | 0.02 | 0.832 | 0.03 |
| EDI-3 total | 85.62 | 27.36 | 133.3 | 27.85 | 164.6 | 33.56 | <0.001 * | 1.73 † | <0.001 * | 2.58 † | <0.001 * | 1.02 † |
| DEBQ total | 1.65 | 1.34 | 1.95 | 1.36 | 2.45 | 1.54 | 0.009 * | 0.22 | <0.001 * | 0.56 † | 0.007 * | 0.34 |
| UPPS-P total | 24.60 | 8.39 | 25.83 | 6.98 | 27.47 | 9.00 | 0.076 | 0.16 | 0.004 * | 0.33 | 0.146 | 0.20 |
| DERS total | 17.33 | 6.54 | 18.63 | 5.38 | 18.57 | 6.59 | 0.016 * | 0.22 | 0.104 | 0.19 | 0.943 | 0.01 |
| PSS total | 12.71 | 2.46 | 13.45 | 1.72 | 14.57 | 2.15 | <0.001 * | 0.35 | <0.001 * | 0.81 † | <0.001 * | 0.57 † |
| GADS total | 25.48 | 5.08 | 27.01 | 3.72 | 29.16 | 4.31 | <0.001 * | 0.34 | <0.001 * | 0.78 † | 0.001 * | 0.53 † |
| PANAS total | 8.67 | 3.31 | 9.35 | 2.82 | 9.34 | 3.45 | 0.013 * | 0.22 | 0.085 | 0.20 | 0.980 | 0.00 |
SD, standard deviation; FA, food addiction; EDI, Eating Disorders Inventory; DEBQ, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; UPPS-P, Impulsive Behavior Scale; DERS, Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; GADS, Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale; PANAS, Positive and Negative Affect Scale; YFAS, Yale Food Addiction Scale. *Bold, Significant comparison.†Bold, effect size within the ranges mild-moderate to large-high.