Table 2.
Overall and sex-stratified associations between eating behaviors and estimated body fat percentage.
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (observations) | β (95% CI) | P-value | n (observations) | β (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Disordered eating | 257 (732) | 0.40 (0.16, 0.65) | 0.001 | 254 (698) | 0.49 (0.24, 0.73) | 0.0001 |
| Male | 129 (368) | 0.58 (0.26, 0.90) | 0.0005 | 127 (345) | 0.53 (0.20, 0.85) | 0.0014 |
| Female | 128 (364) | 0.21 (−0.08, 0.50) | 0.16 | 127 (353) | 0.32 (0.05, 0.60) | 0.02 |
| Dietary restraint | 152 (152) | 2.37 (0.94, 3.80) | 0.0013 | 139 (139) | 1.11 (0.29, 1.92) | 0.0081 |
| Male | 75 (75) | 1.00 (−0.01, 2.01) | 0.052 | 69 (69) | 1.07 (0.11, 2.04) | 0.03 |
| Female | 77 (77) | 1.46 (0.27, 2.65) | 0.017 | 70 (70) | 0.94 (−0.37, 2.26) | 0.16 |
| External eating | 244 (389) | −0.22 (−0.54, 0.10) | 0.17 | 238 (372) | −0.19 (−0.47, 0.10) | 0.20 |
| Male | 122 (190) | −0.27 (−0.61, 0.07) | 0.11 | 117 (177) | −0.24 (−0.56, 0.08) | 0.14 |
| Female | 122 (199) | −0.03 (−0.48, 0.42) | 0.89 | 121 (195) | −0.12 (−0.55, 0.31) | 0.57 |
Note: Beta coefficients of eating behaviors were standardized to 1 SD and should be interpreted as such (i.e., a 1 SD difference in eating behavior corresponds to a difference in estimated body fat percentage).