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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2012 Feb 20;20(3):e129–e136. doi: 10.1002/erv.2161

Table 2.

Results from regression analyses predicting various measures of impulsivity, obsessions, and compulsions from binge eating and purging in women with AN. All p-values were corrected using the method of false discovery rate.

Variable N Binge Eating Purging
B (95% CI) χ2 (p-value) B (95% CI) χ2 (p-value)
Barrett Impulsivity Scale
Motor 1351 0.58 (−0.01, 1.18) 3.64 (.086) 1.49 (1.00, 1.98) 34.00 (.003)
Cognitive 1356 0.60 (−0.01, 1.20) 3.76 (.086) 1.20 (0.69, 1.71) 20.57 (.003)
Non-Planning 1354 0.58 (−0.11, 1.26) 2.70 (.130) 1.55 (0.97, 2.14) 26.03 (.003)
Temperament and Character Inventory
Harm Avoidance 1337 0.22 (−0.80, 1.23) 0.17 (.677) 1.23 (0.35, 2.11) 7.47 (.014)
Novelty Seeking 1336 0.76 (−0.19, 1.71) 2.43 (.144) 2.13 (1.34, 2.93) 26.69 (.003)
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
Obsessions 1316 −0.29 (−1.12, 0.54) 0.46 (.527) 1.50 (0.76, 2.23) 15.59 (.003)
Compulsions 1316 −0.73 (−1.60, 0.14) 2.70 (.130) 1.89 (1.13, 2.66) 22.99 (.003)
Yale-Brown-Cornell Eating Disorder Scale
Worst Preoccupations 1364 0.34 (0.03, 0.66) 4.42 (.065) 0.94 (0.62, 1.26) 30.65 (.003)
Worst Rituals 1364 0.18 (−0.17, 0.52) 0.97 (.365) 1.33 (1.00, 1.66) 55.02 (.003)