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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2021 Feb 27;54(7):1135–1146. doi: 10.1002/eat.23494

TABLE 4.

Results of simple main effects analysis

Simple main effects of gender identity
Dependent variable Sex assigned at birth F 2, 2,104 p Part. η2
Binge eating Male 5.01 .007 .01
Female 1.07 .342 .00
Cognitive restraint Male 0.21 .812 .00
Female 4.92 .007 .01
Purging Male 4.66 .010 .00
Female 0.39 .675 .00
Caloric restriction Male 6.10 .002 .01
Female 11.40 <.001 .01
Excessive exercise Male 10.85 <.001 .01
Female 7.89 <.001 .01
Muscle building Male 20.89 <.001 .02
Female 105.35 <.001 .09
Simple main effects of sex assigned at birth
Dependent variable Gender identity F 1, 2,104 p Part. η2
Binge eating Masculine 13.59 <.001 .01
Feminine 0.38 .535 .00
Nonbinary/questioning 0.31 .579 .00
Cognitive restraint Masculine 5.41 .020 .00
Feminine 8.03 .005 .00
Nonbinary/questioning 0.39 .530 .00
Purging Masculine 24.08 <.001 .01
Feminine 0.71 .401 .00
Nonbinary/questioning 0.00 .949 .00
Caloric restriction Masculine 46.24 <.001 .02
Feminine 1.27 .260 .00
Nonbinary/questioning 4.60 .032 .00
Excessive exercise Masculine 17.80 <.001 .01
Feminine 9.25 .002 .00
Nonbinary/questioning 0.09 .770 .00
Muscle building Masculine 12.37 <.001 .01
Feminine 8.94 .003 .00
Nonbinary/questioning 0.54 .462 .00