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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2013 Apr 11;67:61–73. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.03.016

Table 5.

Random event/eating events for continuous items means and odds ratios.

Question Option Mean per Daya SD per Dayb Odds Ratioc
Sweet Drinks Sweet Snacks Salty Snacks
Were you feeling… (range 0 – 100) Tired 45.509 21.437 0.985 0.965 0.941
Stressed 22.583 18.681 1.005 1.048 1.003
Sad 15.812 16.765 1.076 1.046 0.961
Relaxed 54.710 19.990 1.014 0.953 0.972
Lonely 12.324 16.247 1.106* 1.002 0.997
Left-out 8.410 12.528 1.052 1.043 0.993
Happy 57.436 18.489 1.035 0.979 1.049
Frustrated 22.335 18.517 0.975 1.000 0.901
Energetic 36.829 19.517 1.120** 1.026 0.994
Embarrassed 7.244 9.919 1.074 1.018 1.003
Cheerful 42.312 21.241 1.038 1.094 1.132
Bored 32.629 22.822 0.958 1.110* 1.029
Angry 14.842 13.841 1.008 0.972 1.021
Aggregate Positive Mood (not a question) 39.700 13.648 1.104 1.017 1.051
Aggregate Mood – Stress/frustration (not a question) 51.390 52.561 1.096 1.018 0.992
Aggregate Mood – Tired/bored (not a question) 44.929 35.305 0.987 1.030 0.940
Aggregate Negative Mood (not a question) 78.161 37.847 0.961 1.034 0.963
Were you craving a …. (range 0 – 100) Sweet snack 28.477 19.292 1.113** 1.742*** 1.164**
Salty snack 19.915 17.364 1.060 1.013 1.549***
Sweetened drink 38.477 23.090 1.428*** 1.139** 1.166*
Non-sweetened drink 37.263 24.341 0.959 1.038 1.023
Fruits or vegetables 34.572 21.137 1.026 1.000 1.027
Meal 42.898 19.389 0.867*** 0.781*** 0.919
Were you criticized by family member about what you were eating? (range 0 – 100) 1.390 2.740 1.005 0.999 0.947
Did a family member limit what you could eat? (range 0 – 100) 2.171 6.800 1.011 1.050 0.971
Did a family member encourage you to eat more? (range 0 – 100) 4.086 7.496 0.991 0.980 0.996
Binge Eating 1 Eating so much, would be embarrassed if seen 7.101 12.505 1.056 0.911 0.952
Binge Eating 2 Feeling a loss of control 7.480 10.291 1.081 0.919 1.056
a

Means for response options on a range of 0 – 100 and anchored ‘Not at all’ and ‘Very much.’

b

Standard deviation of the between person means.

c

Odds ratios are the increase in odds for an outcome (sweet drinks, sweet snacks, or salty snacks) for one standard deviation change in the response option.

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001