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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2011;59(8):700–707. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2010.546461

TABLE 3.

Mental Health Problems and Health Behaviors, Co-occurring With Eating Disorders

Eating disorder screen
Positive
Negative
Female Male All Female Male All
N 181 47 228 1,312 1,287 2,599
Percentage who screened positive for:
 Major depression 13.3 5.4 11.4 4.8 3.7 4.2
 Other depression 10.6 13.9 11.4 7.3 8.4 7.9
 Panic disorder 1.4 5.7 2.4 2.5 0.7 1.5
 Generalized anxiety disorder 6.3 2.7 5.4 4.0 1.7 2.7
 Suicidal thoughts 4.0 9.9 5.4 1.5 2.4 2.0
Percentage who engaged in:
 Nonsuicidal self-injury behavior, past 4 weeks 13.1 28.4 16.8 7.5 8.2 7.9
 Binge drinking, past 30 days 54.1 32.1 48.9 42.2 47.3 45.0
 Cigarette smoking (at least 1–5 cigs/day, past 30 days) 11.3 13.5 11.8 3.2 7.1 5.3
 Marijuana use, past 30 days 18.1 14.1 17.1 11.1 13.7 12.5
 Gambling, past year 14.4 30.8 18.3 17.8 39.9 29.8
 Exercise (moderate intensity or higher, 1+ hours/week past 30 days) 74.4 61.2 71.2 71.2 76.7 74.2
 Exercise (moderate intensity or higher, 5+ hours/week past 30 days) 30.8 14.7 26.9 23.3 30.3 27.1

Note. All results are expressed in % points and adjusted by response propensity weights.