Table 2.
Comparative clinical features of the Objective Binge Eating Episode (OBE) and Subjective Binge Eating Episode (SBE) groups
| |
SBE (n = 14) |
OBE (n = 56) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Binge Eating Scale |
30.21 (6.72) |
31.32 (7.47) |
0.615h |
| Beck Depression Inventorya |
20.00 (7.98) |
21.57 (10.30) |
0.621h |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) |
37.81 (4.48) |
37.05 (3.72) |
0.512h |
| |
n (%) |
n (%) |
|
| Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plusb (with at least one morbidity) |
6 (50) |
35 (71) |
0.183i |
| Presence of markers of loss of control |
|
|
|
| according to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, Axis I, Patient edition |
|
|
|
| Rapid eatingc |
11 (84.6) |
48 (88.9) |
0.647i |
| Eating until uncomfortably fulld |
14 (100) |
49 (90.7) |
0.575i |
| Eating when not hungrye |
14 (100) |
51 (98.1) |
1.000i |
| Eating alonef |
6 (42.9) |
37 (68.5) |
0.076j |
| Feeling guiltyg | 14 (100) | 48 (90.6) | 0.576i |
aBDI: SBE (n = 12); bMINI-Plus: OBE(n = 49); SBE(n = 12); cRapid eating: OBE(n = 54); SBE(n = 13); dEating until uncomfortably full: OBE(n = 54); eEating when not hungry: OBE(n = 52); fEating alone: OBE(n = 54); gFeeling guilty: OBE(n = 53); ht-Test; iFisher Exact Test; jChi-square Test.