Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics

	Study group
Characteristic	BED (n = 20)	Obesity without BED (n = 20)	Healthy controls (n = 40)	p
Male gender, n (%)	9 (45)	13 (65)	20 (50)	n.s.
Age, years	43.7 (9.6)	42.7 (11.1)	41.8 (11.7)	n.s.
Body mass index, kg/m2	33.0 (2.4)	33.4 (3.9)	22.5 (2.0)	<0.001
Binge Eating Scale	23.2 (7.8)	11.0 (9.6)	5.0 (4.5)	<0.001
IQ	115.7 (7.1)	115.1 (5.8)	120.5 (4.4)	0.015
Beck Depression Inventory	14.8 (7.2)	8.0 (8.0)	4.7 (5.1)	<0.001

Data are given as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated.

BED, Binge eating disorder; n.s., non-significant; IQ, intelligence quotient.