Appendix table 4.
Cross-sectional socio-demographic profile of respondents with lifetime DSM-IV eating disorders and related behavior1
| Anorexia Nervosa | Bulimia Nervosa | Binge-eating Disorder | Subthreshold Binge-eating | Any binge-eating behavior | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Race-ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1.0 | (0.4–2.5) | 0.7 | (0.3–1.2) | 1.9 | (0.5–7.1) | 0.9 | (0.4–1.7) | ||
| Hispanic | 0.32 | (0.1–1.4) | 2.0 | (0.4–11.0) | 0.9 | (0.3–2.8) | 1.0 | (0.2–5.2) | 1.0 | (0.6–2.1) |
| Other | 0.5 | (0.1–3.9) | 2.0 | (0.8–4.5) | 0.5 | (0.1–2.5) | 0.8 | (0.2–3.2) | 0.7 | (0.3–1.8) |
| χ23 (p-value) | 2.7 (.259) | 3.2 (.352) | 2.8 (.425) | 1.3 (.739) | 0.8 (.839) | |||||
| Education | ||||||||||
| Less than high school | 0.5 | (0.1–2.6) | 1.3 | (0.4–4.1) | 2.1 | (0.8–5.2) | 1.9 | (0.4–10.0) | 1.8 | (1.0–3.4) |
| High school graduate | 0.8 | (0.4–1.7) | 0.4 | (0.2–0.9) | 0.7 | (0.3–1.8) | 1.7 | (0.5–6.7) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.6) |
| Some post-HS education | 1.1 | (0.4–3.3) | 1.2 | (0.6–2.7) | 1.5 | (0.8–3.1) | 2.2 | (0.7–7.0) | 1.5 | (0.9–2.4) |
| College graduate | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- |
| χ23 (p-value) | 1.9 (.601) | 8.4* (.039) | 15.5 (.002) | 2.1 (.561) | 17.4* (.001) | |||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Previously married | 1.0 | (0.2–4.1) | 1.8 | (0.8–3.9) | 1.0 | (0.5–1.8) | 0.8 | (0.3–1.7) | 1.0 | (0.7–1.6) |
| Never married | 0.4 | (0.1–2.0) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.5) | 0.8 | (0.6–1.3) | 0.6 | (0.3–1.2) | 0.7* | (0.5–0.9) |
| Married-cohabitating | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- |
| χ22 (p-value) | 1.8 (.411) | 15.3* (.000) | 0.8 (.669) | 2.1 (.347) | 7.2* (.027) | |||||
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| Employed | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- | 1.0 | -- |
| Student | 3.7 | (0.4–37.0) | 0.6 | (0.1–5.3) | 1.2 | (0.3–5.5) | 4.2 | (0.7–24.6) | 2.0 | (0.9–4.3) |
| Homemaker | 4.3 | (1.4–12.7) | 1.0 | (0.4–2.2) | 0.7 | (0.3–1.9) | 0.7 | (0.1–3.2) | 0.7 | (0.3–1.3) |
| Retired | 7.5 | (0.4–142.1) | 1.8 | (0.2–14.8) | 0.2* | (0.0–0.7) | 0.8 | (0.2–3.6) | ||
| Other | 0.93 | (0.1–6.3) | 2.5 | (1.1–5.8) | 1.9 | (0.9–3.8) | 2.1 | (0.6–7.5) | 2.1 | (1.4–3.2) |
| χ24 (p-value) | 13.9 (.003) | 6.8 (.145) | 5.5 (.240) | 9.7 (.046) | 19.9 (.001) | |||||
*
Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test
1
Controlling for age and sex in every model
2
Non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics were collapsed in this equation because of sparse data.
3
Variables Retired and Other were collapsed in this equation because of sparse data.