Table 2.

Associated factors with eating disorders category among university students: (multivariate analysis) (N = 1826)

	AOR (CI95%)	AOR (CI95%)	AOR (CI95%)	AOR (CI95%)
	Restrictive ED	Hyperphagic ED	Bulimic ED	Other ED
Gender
Men	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Women	1.34 (0.82–2.19	2.82 (1.76–4.53)	3.59 (2.67–4.82)	1.90 (1.16–3.12)
Curricula
Healthcare	1.24 (0.63–2.43)	0.79 (0.46–1.33)	(0.94–1.86)	1.06 (0.63–1.78)
Science	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Others*	1.73 (0.75–2.01)	1.57 (0.94–2.60)	1.86 (1.31–2.64)	0.53 (0.28–0.98)
Year of study
1	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
2	0.80 (0.45–1.42)	1.07 (0.61–1.86)	0.77 (0.55–1.07)	1.90 (1.00-3.59)
3	0.61 (0.31–1.23)	1.53 (0.88–2.69)	0.98 (0.69–1.39)	2.76 (1.47–5.19)
4 and 5	0.35 (0.18–0.68)	1.11 (0.67–1.85)	0.64 (0.47–0.87)	1.82 (1.00-3.29)
6 and more	0.27 (0.09–0.77)	1.02 (0.50–2.07)	0.33 (0.20–0.54)	0.22 (0.05–0.96)
Insomnia Severity Index
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Subthreshold	2.48 (1.43–4.29)	1.52 (0.99–2.32)	2.03 (1.56–2.63)	1.61 (1.00-2.59)
Moderate/severe	6.43 (3.52–11.76)	3.84 (2.40–6.16)	4.53 (3.28–6.24)	3.17 (1.81–5.54)
CESD-8	1.15 (1.10–1.20)	1.14 (1.10–1.17)	1.13 (1.10–1.15)	1.10 (1.06–1.14)
Quality of life	0.93 (0.90–0.96)	0.91 (0.89–0.94)	0.94 (0.93–0.96)	0.96 (0.93–0.99)
Malasch burn out inventory Emotional exhaustion
Low	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Moderate	1.72 (0.86–3.44)	1.48 (0.86–2.56)	1.92 (1.36–2.71)	1.43 (0.78–2.62)
High	3.38 (1.53–7.49)	1.77 (0.92–3.42)	3.27 (2.17–4.94)	1.72 (0.81–3.65)
Cynicism
Low	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Moderate	2.39 (1.39–4.09)	1.89 (1.22–2.95)	1.44 (1.08–1.92)	1.12 (0.65–1.91)
High	1.34 (0.56–3.21)	2.06 (1.10–3.88)	1.21 (0.79–1.87)	1.40 (0.65–3.04)
Academic efficacy
Low	0.60 (0.21–1.69)	1.60 (0.74–3.48)	1.73 (1.06–2.82)	1.67 (0.68–4.10)
Moderate	0.79 (0.46–1.37)	1.38 (0.83–2.30)	1.10 (0.82–1.48)	1.33 (0.77–2.31)
High	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref

Adjusted on Gender, year of study and Curricula

AOR: Adjusted Odds ratio, CI95%: 95% Confidence Interval; CESD: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression

The reference group for all comparisons is the group with no eating disorder (No ED)