Table 2.
Disinhibited Eating Subtype Differences with Regard to Demographic Variables, Disinhibited Eating Behaviors, Body Composition, and Eating Disorder and General Psychopathology.
| Variable | OBE Subtype (n = 53) |
SBE Subtype (n = 59) |
EE Subtype (n = 62) |
EE-EAH Subtype (n = 172) |
No-DE Subtype (n = 64) |
Test statistic |
p value |
Effect Sizea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Age (years) | 14.02a | 2.53 | 13.83a | 2.63 | 15.15b | 2.01 | 13.99a | 2.51 | 13.49a | 2.55 | F(4, 401) = 3.99 | .003 | .04 |
| BMI-z | 1.16a | 1.11 | 1.12a | 0.99 | 0.47b | 0.98 | 0.79ab | 1.11 | 0.53b | 1.17 | F(4, 397) = 5.85 | .001 | .05 |
| Total fat mass (%) | 30.19a | 12.93 | 29.91a | 10.61 | 22.27b | 10.82 | 25.15ab | 12.50 | 23.17b | 11.12 | F(4, 393) = 3.54 | .01 | .04 |
| EAH | 2.03a | 0.67 | 2.15a | 0.68 | 1.86a | 0.46 | 1.97a | 0.52 | 1.36b | 0.25 | F(4, 344) = 21.61 | <.001 | .16 |
| Emotional Eating | 20.26a | 16.08 | 20.00a | 14.35 | 34.90b | 9.29 | 10.63c | 5.67 | 1.58d | 1.41 | F(4, 322) = 103.23 | <.001 | .56 |
| LOC episodes | 3.71a | 5.07 | 2.53b | 2.77 | 0.00c | 0.00 | 0.00c | 0.00 | 0.00c | 0.00 | F(4, 398) = 42.52 | <.001 | .30 |
| OBE episodes | 2.58a | 4.13 | 0.00b | 0.00 | 0.00b | 0.00 | 0.00b | 0.00 | 0.00b | 0.00 | F(4, 396) = 31.93 | <.001 | .25 |
| SBE episodes | 1.13a | 3.09 | 2.53b | 2.77 | 0.00c | 0.00 | 0.00b | 0.00 | 0.00c | 0.00 | F(4, 397) = 17.31 | <.001 | .26 |
| EDE Global Score | 1.06a | 1.00 | 0.98a | 0.85 | 0.37b | 0.46 | 0.38b | 0.47 | 0.27b | 0.25 | F(4, 396) = 20.14 | <.001 | .17 |
| BDI Scores | 8.31a | 6.79 | 6.65a | 5.46 | 6.13a | 5.14 | 3.83b | 3.62 | 3.00b | 3.53 | F(4, 175) = 5.26 | .001 | .11 |
| CDI Scores | 8.55a | 8.12 | 7.69a | 5.45 | 4.67b | 4.05 | 4.73b | 4.32 | 3.39b | 3.37 | F(4, 214) = 6.76 | <.001 | .11 |
| Trait Anxiety | 35.65a | 5.16 | 33.18a | 8.49 | 29.47b | 7.08 | 28.70b | 5.70 | 28.31b | 6.40 | F(4, 211) = 11.20 | <.001 | .15 |
| CBCL Total Problems | 48.71a | 11.69 | 47.30a | 12.85 | 47.24a | 10.76 | 45.47a | 11.40 | 40.87b | 10.25 | F(4, 380) = 3.67 | .01 | .04 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| Female | 34 | 64.2a | 40 | 67.8a | 34 | 54.8b | 79 | 45.9b | 23 | 35.9b | χ2 (4, n = 411) = 24.28 | .002 | .24 |
| Non-White Ethnicity | 27 | 50.9 | 27 | 45.8 | 22 | 35.5 | 75 | 43.6 | 32 | 50.0 | χ2 (4, n = 410) = 3.80 | .43 | .10 |
Note: Subscripts that differ represent differences between the subtypes using a Bonferroni-Hochberg post-hoc test. All LOC, OBE, and SBE episode means reflect the average number of episodes in the month prior to assessment. LOC = Loss of control eating; OBE = Objective binge episode; SBE = subjective binge episode; EE = Emotional eating; EAH = Eating in the absence of hunger; No-DE = No disinhibited eating; EDE = Eating Disorder Examination; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; CDI = Children’s Depression Inventory; CBCL = Child Behavior Checklist (parent-reported psychopathology).
Effect sizes for analyses of variance are partial η2; effect sizes for chi-square tests are φ.