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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2012 Apr 5;53(7):1021–1027. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.02.006

Table 3.

Participants with versus without metabolic syndrome on disordered eating pathology and clinical variables.

No MetSyn

Mean (SD)
MetSyn

Mean (SD)
F p-value
Global EDE 2.9 (0.9) 2.7 (1.0) 1.291 0.258
OBEs Month 1 Episodes 18.8 (11.3) 19.0 (13.6)   0.015 0.904
Meal Skippinga n (%) n (%) 0.124 0.725
    No Skip 50 (33.8) 41 (27.7)
    Skip 33 (22.3) 24 (16.2)
TFEQ Dietary Restraint 7.1 (4.2) 6.7 (3.6) 0.375 0.541
BDI 16.1 (8.5) 15.2 (9.2) 0.416 0.520
Self-Esteem 29.9 (6.2) 28.7 (6.7) 1.226 0.270

Note. OBE=objective binge episode.

a

No skip=consumed ≥50% of all meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) during the past 28 days; chi-square analysis reported for this dichotomous variable. TFEQ=Three Factor Eating Questionnaire. BDI=Beck Depressive Inventory.