Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics by Eating Disorder (ED) Category.
| Control | High Risk for an ED | FECNEC | Clinical ED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Cases | 96 | 346 | 67 | 40 | |||
| % (SE) | |||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White/Caucasian | 56.3 (.05) | 53.8 (.03) | 64.2 (.06) | 55.0 (.08) | |||
| African American | 7.3 (.03) | 9.8 (.02) | 7.5 (.03) | 5.0 (.04) | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.1 (.02) | 10.4 (.02) | 3.0 (.02) | 12.5 (.05) | |||
| Asian American | 29.2 (.05) | 20.2 (.02) | 17.9 (.05) | 20.0 (.06) | |||
| Other | 4.2 (.02) | 5.8 (.01) | 7.5 (.03) | 7.5 (.04) | |||
| Parental Educationb | |||||||
| Less than High School | 0.0 (.00) | 2.3 (.01) | 3.0 (.02) | 2.5 (.03) | |||
| High School | 26.0 (.05) | 28.3 (.02) | 26.9 (.06) | 17.5 (.06) | |||
| College Degree | 24.0 (.04) | 25.4 (.02) | 17.9 (.05) | 32.5 (.08) | |||
| Graduate Degree | 50.0 (.05) | 43.9 (.03) | 50.7 (.06) | 47.5 (.08) | |||
| M (SE)a | |||||||
| Age (years) | 20.3 (2.0) | 20.6 (2.0) | 20.8 (2.0) | 20.7 (2.0) | |||
| Body Composition | |||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.4 (0.5)a | 24.8 (0.3)b | 25.5 (0.6)b | 24.5 (0.8)b | |||
| Psychiatric Historyc | % (SE) | % (SE) | AOR (95% CI)a | % (SE) | AOR (95% CI)a | % (SE) | AOR (95% CI)a |
| Medication for Psych. Reasonsd | 14.6 (.04) | 13.3 (.02) | 0.9 (0.4–1.7) | 22.4 (.05) | 1.5 (0.7–3.4) | 20.0 (.06) | 1.4 (0.5–3.7) |
| Professional Tx. for Psych. Disorder | 12.5 (.04) | 12.7 (.02) | 1.0 (0.5–2.0) | 28.4 (.06) | 2.7 (1.2–6.1)* | 25.0 (.07) | 2.3 (0.9–6.0) |
| Professional Tx. for Eating Disorder | 2.1 (.02) | 2.0 (.01) | 0.9 (0.2–4.6) | 9.0 (.04) | 4.6 (0.9–24.1) | 12.5 (.05) | 6.0 (1.1–33.0)* |
| Family History | |||||||
| Eating Disorders | 11.5 (.03) | 14.2 (.02) | 1.3 (0.6–2.6) | 22.4 (.05) | 2.0 (0.9–4.8) | 22.5 (.07) | 2.4 (0.9–6.6) |
| Depression | 35.4 (.05) | 43.4 (.03) | 1.3 (0.8–2.1) | 55.2 (.06) | 2.1 (1.1–4.1)* | 57.5 (.08) | 2.4 (1.1–5.2)* |
| Anxiety | 27.1 (.05) | 24.6 (.02) | 1.2 (0.6–2.5) | 34.3 (.06) | 2.1 (1.1–4.1) | 42.5 (.08) | 1.8 (0.8–4.2) |
| Schizophrenia | 3.1 (.02) | 2.6 (.01) | 0.7 (0.2–2.5) | 1.5 (.02) | 0.3 (0.1–3.4) | 7.5 (.04) | 2.3 (0.4–12.6) |
| Alcohol and/or Substance Abuse | 12.5 (.03) | 18.2 (.02) | 1.2 (0.6–2.6) | 19.4 (.05) | 1.6 (0.6–2.5) | 20.0 (.06) | 1.5 (0.5–4.3) |
a
Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and parental education status.
b
Did not know parental education (n=1).
c
Treatment within the past year.
d
Any prescription medication for mood, anxiety, or other psychological reasons in the last year
*
Denotes p<0.05 for adjusted odds ratios of ED Categories in comparison to the Control Group
Note: Superscripted letters for means indicate statistically significant post-hoc differences at the p<0.05 level; superscripted letters for means that are the same indicate that the ED groups do not differ from each other.