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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Mar 7;68(7):714–723. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.22

Table 2.

Lifetime Prevalence by Sociodemographic Correlates Among 10 123 Adolescents

Sociodemographic Correlate % (SE)
AN BN BED SAN SBED
Unweighted No.     34     92     164     98     273
Overall prevalence 0.3 (0.06) 0.9 (0.16) 1.6 (0.22) 0.8 (0.09) 2.5 (0.26)
Age, y
 13–14 0.3 (0.12) 0.8 (0.25) 1.4 (0.39) 0.6 (0.15) 2.4 (0.45)
 15–16 0.3 (0.12) 0.9 (0.21) 1.6 (0.28) 0.9 (0.19) 2.5 (0.33)
 17–18 0.2 (0.10) 0.9 (0.21) 1.9 (0.38) 1.1 (0.18) 2.5 (0.42)
Sex
 Male 0.3 (0.09) 0.5 (0.19)a 0.8 (0.19)a 0.1 (0.04)a 2.6 (0.41)
 Female 0.3 (0.10) 1.3 (0.22)a 2.3 (0.40)a 1.5 (0.20)a 2.3 (0.36)
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic 0.2 (0.10) 1.6 (0.83)a 2.4 (0.87) 1.0 (0.32) 3.0 (0.43)a
 Non-Hispanic black 0.1 (0.09) 1.0 (0.24)a 1.5 (0.41) 0.4 (0.16) 3.5 (0.41)a
 Other 0.0 (0.03) 1.3 (0.59)a 1.4 (0.59) 0.7 (0.28) 3.5 (1.19)a
 Non-Hispanic white 0.4 (0.09) 0.7 (0.16)a 1.4 (0.28) 0.9 (0.13) 2.0 (0.32)a
Parental education
 <High school 0.1 (0.07) 1.1 (0.41) 1.5 (0.34) 0.6 (0.22) 2.7 (0.49)
 High school 0.3 (0.15) 0.9 (0.21) 1.6 (0.30) 0.7 (0.17) 2.5 (0.35)
 Some college 0.3 (0.16) 1.0 (0.36) 2.0 (0.84) 1.2 (0.28) 2.9 (0.41)
 College graduate 0.3 (0.09) 0.7 (0.18) 1.4 (0.30) 0.7 (0.15) 2.1 (0.52)
Parental/surrogate marital status
 Married or cohabiting 0.2 (0.07) 0.8 (0.18) 1.6 (0.33) 0.8 (0.18) 2.3 (0.43)
 Previously married 0.4 (0.24) 1.6 (0.63) 2.8 (1.34) 0.8 (0.27) 1.6 (0.48)
 Never married 0.0 (0.00) 1.1 (0.76) 0.7 (0.34) 0.2 (0.14) 2.5 (1.15)
 Unknown 0.3 (0.14) 0.8 (0.15) 1.3 (0.23) 0.8 (0.16) 2.8 (0.36)
Poverty index ratio
 <1.5 0.1 (0.04) 1.2 (0.27) 1.2 (0.47) 0.8 (0.29) 2.6 (0.40)
 1.5 to <3.0 0.2 (0.12) 0.7 (0.23) 1.6 (0.33) 1.0 (0.20) 1.9 (0.36)
 3.0 to <6.0 0.3 (0.14) 0.9 (0.39) 1.4 (0.23) 1.0 (0.21) 2.5 (0.38)
 ≥6.0 0.4 (0.12) 0.8 (0.23) 1.9 (0.51) 0.5 (0.14) 2.7 (0.56)
Urbanicity
 Metropolitan 0.3 (0.07) 0.9 (0.26) 1.5 (0.34) 0.9 (0.17) 2.7 (0.35)
 Other urban 0.2 (0.12) 0.9 (0.24) 1.8 (0.29) 0.7 (0.12) 2.2 (0.50)
 Rural 0.3 (0.23) 0.8 (0.19) 1.3 (0.24) 0.9 (0.22) 2.3 (0.55)

Abbreviations: AN, anorexia nervosa; BED, binge-eating disorder; BN, bulimia nervosa; SAN, subthreshold AN; SBED, subthreshold BED.

a

Using a multivariate model taking into account all variables in this table, P< .05.