Table 1.
Descriptive findings for participants with and without Nocturnal Eating (NE)
| NE (N=30) | No NE (N=49) | ANOVA | ANCOVA* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | M | SD | M | SD | F | p | F | p |
| Age | 48.73 | 6.87 | 45.10 | 11.12 | 2.59 | 0.112 | ||
| Age first overweight | 28.29 | 13.55 | 27.26 | 14.51 | 0.09 | 0.770 | ||
| Current BMI | 37.84 | 5.23 | 36.84 | 5.42 | 0.66 | 0.419 | ||
| Highest Weight | 219.83 | 46.38 | 213.12 | 51.60 | 0.33 | 0.566 | ||
| Eating-disorder psychopathology | ||||||||
| OBE days/month | 8.97 | 8.60 | 3.96 | 6.46 | 8.57 | 0.005 | ||
| OBE episodes/month | 10.03 | 10.48 | 4.21 | 7.11 | 8.56 | 0.005 | ||
| Dietary restraint | 1.59 | 1.37 | 1.16 | 1.02 | 2.55 | 0.114 | 2.99 | 0.088 |
| Eating concern | 1.85 | 1.50 | 0.88 | 1.12 | 10.79 | 0.002 | 4.85 | 0.031 |
| Shape concern | 3.96 | 1.28 | 3.22 | 1.53 | 4.94 | 0.029 | 2.40 | 0.125 |
| Weight concern | 3.44 | 0.90 | 2.86 | 1.08 | 6.13 | 0.015 | 3.50 | 0.065 |
| S-EDE global score | 2.71 | 0.98 | 2.03 | 0.89 | 10.03 | 0.002 | 5.74 | 0.019 |
| Depression Levels | ||||||||
| S-BDI | 26.07 | 12.05 | 18.77 | 11.07 | 7.43 | 0.008 | 4.85 | 0.031 |
| Metabolic Variables | ||||||||
| Total Cholesterol | 181.52 | 36.66 | 174.56 | 36.83 | 0.65 | 0.424 | ||
| LDL Cholesterol | 105.24 | 35.62 | 98.33 | 33.62 | 0.73 | 0.396 | ||
| HDL Cholesterol | 43.28 | 11.14 | 45.90 | 10.37 | 1.09 | 0.300 | ||
| Triglycerides | 164.52 | 88.29 | 150.15 | 68.46 | 0.64 | 0.427 | ||
| Fasting Glucose | 118.14 | 41.41 | 111.11 | 46.47 | 0.44 | 0.508 | ||
NB: S-EDE = Spanish - Eating Disorder Examination; OBE = Objective bulimic episodes; S-BDI= Spanish – Beck Depression Inventory
*
ANCOVAs performed to test for group differences controlling for binge eating disorder status.