Table 2.
Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) comparing BED participants with versus without a family history of anxiety disorder on eating psychopathology developmental variables and current clinical variables.
| Family Anxiety | No Family Anxiety | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | M (SD) | n | M (SD) | F | p | η 2 | |
| Age at overweight onset | 76 | 16.7 (9.5) | 76 | 14.9 (8.4) | 1.455 | 0.230 | 0.010 |
| Age at dieting onset | 85 | 19.9 (9.8) | 81 | 18.9 (8.1) | 0.580 | 0.448 | 0.004 |
| Age at first binge eating onset | 64 | 21.5 (11.8) | 64 | 23.2 (11.1) | 0.668 | 0.415 | 0.005 |
| Age at BED onset | 80 | 27.4 (14.1) | 79 | 24.8 (12.0) | 1.524 | 0.219 | 0.010 |
| First Binge to BED Onset Laga | 62 | 5.3 (10.0) | 62 | 2.9 (10.4) | 1.749 | 0.189 | 0.014 |
| OBEs (weekly mean/past 6 months) | 84 | 3.5 (0.8) | 81 | 3.6 (0.8) | 0.447 | 0.504 | 0.003 |
| EDE Global Score | 84 | 2.7 (0.8) | 81 | 2.7 (1.0) | 0.061 | 0.805 | 0.000 |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 85 | 16.5 (7.9) | 81 | 15.3 (8.1) | 0.980 | 0.324 | 0.006 |
| n (%) | n (%) | X2 | p | ϕ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binge-First vs Diet-First | 78 | Binge-first: 26 (33.3) | 67 | Binge-first: 25 (37.3) | 0.250 | 0.617 | −0.042 |
| Diet-first: 52 (66.7) | Diet-first: 42 (62.7) |
Note. BED = Binge Eating Disorder. OBE = objective bulimic episode; EDE = Eating Disorder Examination.
a
Time (in years) from first binge episode to BED onset, assessed by SCID.