. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 17.

Published in final edited form as: Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2011 Jul 13;20(3):190–195. doi: 10.1002/erv.1116

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the full sample (n = 31)

Characteristic	Mean (SD) or percentage
Age (years)	41.19 (9.46)
Duration of Oxford House residence (months)	9.17 (10.42)
Duration of sobriety (months)	21.91 (26.54)
Reported drug(s) of choice^†
Alcohol	38.7%
Narcotics	16.1%
Stimulants	71.0%
Marijuana	16.1%
Polysubstance use	38.7%
Presence of ED
Anorexia nervosa	0.0%
Bulimia nervosa	6.5%
Binge eating disorder	16.1%
Eating disorder NOS^‡	16.1%
Experiences ED as a psychological dependence^§	75.0%
Body Mass Index	28.79 (7.44)
Average no. of weekly 12-step meetings	3.45 (1.67)

Note:

^†

Percentages do not add up to 100 as some participants reported polysubstance use.

^‡

Other than binge eating disorder that meets full DSM-IV-TR research criteria.

^§

Percentage based on those with an ED.

SD, standard deviation; ED, eating disorder; NOS, not otherwise specified.