Table 2.
Multi-Item Test Meal Intake for Healthy Controls (HC), Patients with Bulimia Nervosa (BN), and Patients with Bulimia Nervosa and a Current or Past Alcohol Use Disorder (BN + AUD)
| BN Only (n=18) | BN Current/Past AUD (n=12) |
HC (n=12) |
Meal (Normal v. Binge) |
Group (reference HC) | Meal × Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | M ± SD | M ± SD | BN | BN + C/P AUD | BN | BN + C/P AUD | |||
| β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | β (SE) | |||||
|
Total intake (kcal) |
Normal Meal | 678 ± 684 | 525 ± 376 | 778 ± 225 | −555.0 (89.5) | 2730.7 (643.7) | 1877.7 (67.9) | −2830.6 (666.7) | −2131.2 (690.5) |
| Binge Meal | 4064 ± 2026¥ | 3211 ± 2138ɸ | 1333 ± 213¥,ɸ | ||||||
| % Carbohydrate |
Normal Meal | 49% ± 13% | 41% ± 12% | 50% ± 8% | 1.0 (4.0) | −6.3 (4.2) | −5.4 (4.2) | 5.8 (5.5) | −3.2 (5.8) |
| Binge Meal | 43% ± 5% | 43% ± 6% | 49% ± 8% | ||||||
| % Protein | Normal Meal | 23% ± 10.5% | 26% ± 11% | 17% ± 8% | 3.4 (3.3) | −3.5 (3.4) | −2.2 (3.4) | 9.5 (4.5) | 10.7 (4.7) |
| Binge Meal | 10% ± 4% | 12% ± 3% | 14% ± 4% | ||||||
| % Fat | Normal Meal | 26% ± 11% | 33% ± 12% | 33% ± 9% | 37.3 (2.5) | 9.8 (3.8) | 7.7 (3.8) | −16.4 (4.5) | −7.4 (5.2) |
| Binge Meal | 47% ± 4% | 45% ± 4% | 37% ± 3% | ||||||
|
Diet Energy Density Score |
Normal Meal | 0.7 ± 0.4α | 0.8 ± 0.5α | 1 ± 0.3 | −0.16 (0.17) | 0.82 (0.18) | 0.42 (0.18) | −1.13 (0.24) | −0.68 (0.25) |
| Binge Meal | 2 ± 0.7¥,α | 2 ± 0.4ɸ α | 1 ± 0.2¥, ɸ | ||||||
|
Diet Variety Score |
Normal Meal | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.46 (0.04) | 0.04 (0.06) | −0.03 (0.06) | −0.15 (0.08) | −0.07 (0.08) |
| Binge Meal | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | ||||||
Note. BN + C/P AUD=Bulimia Nervosa with Current/Past Alcohol Use Disorder, β=Beta
¥
BN > HC (p’s ≤ 0.01)
ɸ
BN + AUD > HC (all p’s < 0.05)
α
Significant increase in Diet Energy Density Score from Normal Meal to Binge Meal (p’s < 0.01)