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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2014 May 27;15(3):427–433. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.05.001

Table 4.

Comparison of Eating Pathology Among Eating Groups a,b

FA-Only (n=76)
M (SD)		 BED/BN-Only
(n=68)
M (SD)		 BN&FA
(n=61)
M (SD)		 BED&FA
(n=50)
M (SD)		 Neither FA or
BED/BN
(N=388)
M (SD)		 Test
Statistic
(F or
χ2)		 P Value c Pairwise Diff. Effect Size
(η2)
SBE
Episodes		 2.24 (3.68) 3.72 (6.10) 9.20 (8.60) 5.18 (5.36) 0.97 (2.34) 57.26 <.001 4>1; 3>1,2,4;
2,3,4>5		 .26
EDE
Restraint		 2.80 (1.63) 2.35 (1.46) 4.01 (1.53) 2.82 (1.58) 1.83 (1.48) 32.48 <.001 3>1,2,4; 1,3,4>5 .17
EDE Shape
Concern		 4.88 (1.15) 4.20 (1.47) 5.13 (1.00) 5.16 (.91) 2.93 (1.63) 68.31 <.001 3,4>2 ; 1,2,3,4>5 .30
EDE Weight
Concern		 4.24 (1.13) 3.56 (1.31) 4.58 (1.05) 4.27 (.98) 2.40 (1.46) 69.91 <.001 1,3,4>2;
1,2,3,4>5		 .30
EDE Eating
Concern		 2.90 (1.32) 2.13 (1.20) 4.13 (1.30) 3.56 (1.34) 0.90 (1.00) 179.66 <.001 3,4>1; 1,3,4>2;
1,2,3,4>5		 .53
EDE Total 3.70 (1.01) 3.06 (1.15) 4.46 (1.01) 3.95 (.97) 2.01 (1.18) 105.28 <.001 3>1; 1,3,4>2;
1,2,3,4>5		 .40
a

FA= Food Addiction, BED = Binge Eating Disorder, BN= bulimia nervosa

b

SBE = Subjective Binge Episode, EDE = Eating Disorder Examination

c

1=FA-Only, 2= BED/BN-Only, 3=BN&FA, 4= BED&FA, 5=Neither FA or BED/BN, all reported pairwise differences p < .05