. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2011 Feb 18;45(1):110–114. doi: 10.1002/eat.20896

TABLE 1.

Demographic information and percentages reporting binge/purge symptoms for the male and female groups

	Male	Female	t	p
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	t	p
% MBW	83.54 (7.34)	83.94 (6.63)	0.822	0.416
Age (months)	191.09 (28.32)	185.44 (28.94)	1.877	0.070
Age (years)	15.92 (2.36)	15.45 (2.41)	1.877	0.070
BMI	17.04 (1.59)	16.84 (1.42)	1.643	0.108
Illness duration (months)	12.50 (18.39)	15.19 (17.43)	0.667	0.509
	%	%	χ²
Non-Caucasian	25.0	31.4	0.347	0.556
Objective binge eating episodes	12.5	18.8	0.711	0.399
Subjective binge eating episodes	25.0	29.2	0.211	0.646
Vomiting	27.1	10.4	4.37	0.036^*
Laxatives	0	4.2	1.19	0.274
Diuretics	0	4.2	2.04	0.153

Significant at p < 0.05 level; MBW, mean body weight; BMI, body mass index.