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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 29;54(7):880–884. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.03.017

Table 2.

Comparison of weight groups on current eating behaviors and eating disorder psychopathology

Weight
Maintainers
/Losers
Low Weight
Gainers
High Weight
Gainers
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD F p
Eating Episodes
 OBEs Month 1 15.77 9.24 17.82 14.95 20.72 15.43 1.01 0.37
 OBEs Month 2 16.18 9.03 18.05 15.20 19.74 14.90 0.50 0.61
 OBEs Month 3 16.45 8.63 16.63 15.24 20.24 17.34 0.77 0.47
 OOEs Month1 2.91 5.82 7.45 12.92 4.98 8.05 1.60 0.21
 OOEs Month 2 3.09 6.13 7.29 12.34 4.57 7.20 1.66 0.20
 OOEs Month 3 3.27 6.41 6.76 12.04 4.74 7.64 1.07 0.35
 SBEs Month 1 12.50 17.76 14.39 14.74 13.7 19.45 0.08 0.92
 SBEs Month 2 12.41 17.74 14.97 16.49 12.33 18.10 0.28 0.76
 SBEs Month 3 13.68 21.60 13.63 15.21 12.41 18.07 0.06 0.94
EDE subscales
 Eating Concern 2.06 1.27 2.31 1.46 2.33 1.36 0.31 0.74
 Weight Concern 3.35 1.27 2.99 1.01 3.27 1.14 0.96 0.39
 Shape Concern 3.74 1.18 3.24 1.06 3.76 1.11 2.59 0.08
 Restraint 1.65 1.32 1.90 1.32 1.60 1.36 0.54 0.58

Note: OBEs=objective bulimic episodes; OOEs=objective overeating episodes; SBEs=subjective bulimic episodes; EDE=Eating Disorder Examination.