Table 2.

Eating and Weight History Variables in Treatment-Seeking Obese Patients With Binge-Eating Disorder With and Without Metabolic Syndrome Recruited From Primary Care Centers^a

Variable	No Metabolic Syndrome (n = 46, 56.8%)	Metabolic Syndrome (n = 35, 43.2%)	P Value	Partial ŋ2
Age at overweight onset, y	18.08 (11.09)	19.16 (10.45)	.788	0.001
Age at binge-eating onset, y	23.52 (12.40)	27.89 (12.22)	.197	0.021
Age at dieting onset, y	20.84 (9.07)	26.77 (11.50)	.037	0.059
Weight cyclingb	2.76 (1.06)	2.43 (1.04)	.081	0.039
Highest adult body mass index, kg/m2	41.49 (11.41)	39.91 (5.87)	.582	0.004
Lowest adult body mass index, kg/m2	24.70 (4.79)	26.39 (5.41)	.158	0.026
Dieting frequencyc	3.22 (1.30)	2.42 (1.30)	.017	0.073

^aValues are means and standard deviations based on analyses of covariance that controlled for gender.

^bNumber of times reported.

^cResponse to 1 Likert scale question.