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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2017 Sep 30;50(11):1264–1272. doi: 10.1002/eat.22772

Table 1. Demographic sample characteristics.

Mean age (SD) 27.4 (12.1)

Adolescents <18 years old, n (%) 14 (15.1)

Mean BMI percentile (SD) 61.2 (35.0)

Adults ≥ 18 years old, n (%) 79 (84.9)

Mean BMI (SD) 24.6 (9.5)
 Male, n (%) 5 (5.4)
 Female, n (%) 88 (94.6)

DSM-5 diagnosisa, n (%)
 AN-R 13 (17.3)
 AN-BP 8 (10.7)
 BN 15 (20.0)
 BED 8 (10.7)
 ARFID 7 (9.3)
 Rumination disorder 1 (1.3)
 OSFED—atypical AN 10 (13.3)
 OSFED—subthreshold BN 4 (5.4)
 OSFED—subthreshold BED 2 (2.7)
 OSFED—night eating syndrome 1 (1.3)
 OSFED—other 3 (4.0)
 Subclinical eating pathology 3 (4.0)

Ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic/Latino 3 (3.2)
 Not Hispanic/Latino 90 (96.8)

Raceb, n (%)
 American Indian/Alaska native 0 (0)
 Black/African American 4 (4.3)
 Asian 6 (6.5)
 Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander 0 (0)
 White 87 (93.5)

Sexual orientationb, n (%)
 Heterosexual 83 (89.2)
 Homosexual 5 (5.4)
 Bisexual 2 (2.2)
 Other 3 (3.2)

Level of educationb, n (%)
 High school graduate (or less) 23 (24.7)
 College student (currently) 26 (28.0)
 College graduate 45 (48.4)

Global/local processingc
 Global/local score 81.5 (113.6)

Anxietyc
 STAI trait 56.2 (12.7)

Eating behaviorc
 EDE-Q restraint 2.7 (1.8)
 EDE-Q eating concern 2.8 (1.7)
 EDE-Q shape concern 3.8 (1.8)
 EDE-Q weight concern 3.4 (1.7)
 EDE-Q global score 3.2 (1.6)
 EDE-Q fasting frequency 1.0 (1.6)
 EDE-Q binge-eating frequency 7.0 (9.0)
 EDE-Q purging frequency 4.3 (10.7)
 EDE-Q excessive exercise days 6.5 (10.1)

Note. AN = anorexia nervosa; ARFID = avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder; BED = binge-eating disorder; BN = bulimia nervosa; OSFED = other specified feeding and eating disorder. N = 93.

a

This includes only participants who underwent clinical evaluation, and thus were able to receive a diagnosis, prior to manuscript submission (N = 75).

b

Individuals were given the option to select more than one category for race, sexual orientation, and level of education.

c

Data are presented as mean (SD). EDE-Q = eating disorder examination questionnaire. STAI = state-trait anxiety inventory.