Table 3.
Comparison of eating behaviors between the non-obese and abdominal-obese groups.
| Non-Obese (N = 38) |
Abdominal-Obese (N = 30) |
Unadjusted | Sex and Age-Adjusted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p Value | p Value | |||
| Recognition for weight and constitution (%) | 45.0 ± 11.0 | 56.3 ± 14.1 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| External eating behavior (%) | 42.8 ± 13.5 | 59.5 ± 15.1 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Emotional eating behavior (%) | 37.2 ± 13.5 | 47.5 ± 17.6 | 0.008 | 0.005 |
| Sense of hunger (%) | 41.0 ± 14.6 | 55.1 ± 12.3 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Eating style (%) | 43.3 ± 16.6 | 55.2 ± 15.1 | 0.003 | <0.001 |
| Food preference/content (%) | 44.3 ± 11.7 | 56.1 ± 11.8 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Regularity of eating habits (%) | 48.7 ± 11.7 | 60.9 ± 13.6 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Total score (%) | 43.7 ± 8.9 | 56.7 ± 10.7 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
The data are presented as the mean ± SD. p values were calculated using Student’s t-test. Multiple regression analysis was performed using age and sex as covariates.