Table 5.
Table showing the answers posed by those answering“ yes” to only one of the SCOFF questions
| Total sample | Girls | Boys | z | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Yes” | “No” | “Yes” | “No” | “Yes” | “No” | ||
| Do you make yourself sick (vomit) because you feel uncomfortably full? | (10) | (244) | (8) | (160) | (2) | (83) | .93 |
| 3.9 % | 96.1 % | 4.8 % | 95.2 % | 2.4 % | 97.6 % | ||
| Do you worry that you have lost control over how much you eat? | (47) | (206) | (19) | (149) | (24) | (61) | −3.39** |
| 18.7 % | 81.4 % | 11.3 % | 88.7 % | 28.2 % | 71.8 % | ||
| Have you recently lost more than one stone (15 pounds) (ca 6.8 kg) in a 3 month period? | (43) | (211) | (39) | (128) | (8) | (77) | 2.67* |
| 16.9 % | 83.1 % | 23.4 % | 76.6 % | 9.4 % | 90.6 % | ||
| Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are thin? | (55) | (196) | (45) | (121) | (10) | (74) | 2.74* |
| 21.9 % | 78.1 % | 27.1 % | 72.9 % | 11.9 % | 88.1 % | ||
| Would you say that food dominates your life? | (102) | (149) | (39) | (107) | (42) | (42) | −4.22* |
| 40.6 % | 59.4 % | 35.5 % | 64.5 % | 50 % | 50 % | ||
*p = < .01 ** p = < .001*** p = < .0001