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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2011 Feb 5;52(6):693–700. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.12.007

Table 1.

Developmental variables of BED participants with versus without a parental history of SUD

Parental SUD (N = 50) No Parental SUD (N = 77)

n M (SD) n M (SD) F p
Age at overweight onset 47 16.0 (8.7) 69 15.3 (9.0) 0.157 0.692
Age at dieting onset 50 19.1 (9.3) 77 20.1 (9.0) 0.339 0.562
Age at first binge eating onset 36 22.7 (11.4) 55 22.1 (11.1) 0.063 0.803
Age at BED onset 48 22.4 (10.7) 76 28.6 (13.9) 7.156 0.008**
First Binge to BED Onset Laga 35 0.8 (7.1) 55 6.6 (10.4) 8.561 0.004**

n (%) n (%) X2 p

Binge First vs. Diet First 42 Binge: 26(61.9) 69 Binge: 27 (39.1) 5.428 0.020*
Diet: 16(38.1) Diet: 42 (60.9)

Note. BED = binge eating disorder; SUD = substance use disorder.

*

p ≤ 0.05,

**

p ≤ 0.01.

a

Time (in years) from first binge episode to BED onset.