Table 1.
Full sample characteristics and comparisons between women with binge eating disorder and psychiatric controls on demographic variables (M ± SD, unless otherwise indicated)
| Variable | Full Sample (N = 260)a |
BED (n = 156) |
PC (n = 104) |
Test Statistic for BED vs. PC Comparison |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 30.62 ± 6.19 | 31.04 ± 5.79 | 30.00 ± 6.73 | t (258) = 1.29 | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 31.01 ± 9.48 | 34.40 ± 9.48 | 25.96 ± 6.91 | t (257) = 8.28* | |
| White | 70.4 (183) | 62.8 (98) | 81.7 (85) | ||
| Race, % (n) |
Black | 29.6 (77) | 37.2 (58) | 18.3 (19) | χ2(1, N
= 260) = 10.71* |
| Education level, % (n) |
High school or less | 20.4 (53) | 19.2 (30) | 22.1 (23) | |
| Some college | 47.7 (124) | 50.0 (78) | 44.2 (46) | χ2(2, N
= 260) = 0.85 |
|
| College graduate or higher |
31.9 (83) | 30.8 (48) | 33.7 (35) | ||
*
p ≤ .001
a
Excludes 8 participants missing data on questionnaire items assessing overvaluation of shape and weight
Note: BED = binge eating disorder; PC = psychiatric control