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. 2024 Feb 17;16(2):e54366. doi: 10.7759/cureus.54366

Table 3. Relation Between Incidence of Eating Disorder and Participants’ Demographic Factors and Depression Severity.

PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire 9.

  Eating disorder
None Binge eating disorder Bulimia nervosa disorder  
Demographic variable Value Count N % Count N % Count N % P-value
Age 10 7 46.7% 8 53.3% 0 0.0% 0.032*
11 11 68.8% 2 12.5% 3 18.8%
12 9 56.3% 5 31.3% 2 12.5%
13 16 80.0% 3 15.0% 1 5.0%
14 31 81.6% 4 10.5% 3 7.9%
15 48 76.2% 9 14.3% 6 9.5%
16 43 76.8% 8 14.3% 5 8.9%
17 44 84.6% 4 7.7% 4 7.7%
18 81 78.6% 13 12.6% 9 8.7%
Education level Elementary school 26 59.1% 14 31.8% 4 9.1% 0.012*
Intermediate school 82 75.2% 16 14.7% 11 10.1%
High school 182 80.5% 26 11.5% 18 8.0%
Gender Male 74 72.5% 21 20.6% 7 6.9% 0.134
Female 216 78.0% 35 12.6% 26 9.4%
Living with Parents 277 77.4% 52 14.5% 29 8.1% 0.361
Husband/wife 10 58.8% 3 17.6% 4 23.5%
Alone 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Grandparents 2 66.7% 1 33.3% 0 0.0%
Do you have sibling(s)? Yes 281 76.4% 54 14.7% 33 9.0% 0.572
No 9 81.8% 2 18.2% 0 0.0%
PHQ 9 categories None 55 90.2% 4 6.6% 2 3.3% 0.005*
Mild depression 75 82.4% 11 12.1% 5 5.5%
Moderate depression 69 78.4% 13 14.8% 6 6.8%
Severe depression 91 65.5% 28 20.1% 20 14.4%