. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2010 Jan;43(1):14–21. doi: 10.1002/eat.20670

Table 5.

Prevalence of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence, Drug Use Group and Abuse/Dependence of Specific Drug Categories across Binge Eating Status.

	No Binge Eating (n (%)	Binge Eating at Low Weight n (%)	Binge Eating at Normal Weight n (%)	χ² (p-value) df = 12	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Alcohol Use
No abuse/dependence	435 (84.0)	16 (72.7)	107 (71.3)	10.85 (.005)	-----
Alcohol abuse/dependence	83 (16.0)	43 (28.3)	6 (27.3)	10.85 (.005)	1.99 (1.29, 3.06)
Drug Use and Drug Abuse/dependence
No use/experimenters	341 (65.3)	11 (50.0)	177 (51.0)	14.54 (.001)	-----
Use	133 (25.5)	5 (22.7)	80 (26.5)		4.03 (1.41, 11.53)
Abuse/dependence	48 (9.2)	6 (27.3)	34 (22.5)		2.79 (1.67, 4.07)

Note. Dashes indicate reference group.