Table 2.
Items included in the EDS-5 score and total EDS-5 score, presented as means and 95% CI, together with dichotomized EDS-5 score presented as number and percentage above/below the 90th percentile, by sex and ethnic group, in the sample of Sami and non-Sami Norwegian adults aged 40–69 years (n 4389); SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey (2012–2014)
| Men (n 2024) | Women (n 2365) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami (n 844) | Non-Sami (n 1180) | Sami (n 967) | Non-Sami (n 1398) | |||||||
| Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | t(df), P value* | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | t(df), P value* | |
| Eating habits | 2·8 | 2·7, 2·9 | 2·8 | 2·7, 2·8 | t(2022)=0·37, P=0·71 | 2·9 | 2·8, 3·0 | 2·9 | 2·9, 3·0 | t(2363)=−0·73, P=0·48 |
| Comfort eating | 1·8 | 1·8, 1·9 | 1·7 | 1·7, 1·8 | t(2022)=2·50, P=0·01 | 2·3 | 2·2, 2·4 | 2·1 | 2·0, 2·2 | t(2363)=2·60, P=0·01 |
| Felt guilty | 1·8 | 1·8, 1·9 | 1·8 | 1·7, 1·9 | t(2022)=1·07, P=0·28 | 2·4 | 2·3, 2·5 | 2·4 | 2·3, 2·5 | t(2363)=−0·15, P=0·88 |
| Eating rituals | 2·0 | 1·9, 2·1 | 2·0 | 1·9, 2·1 | t(2022)=0·57, P=0·57 | 2·5 | 2·4, 2·6 | 2·4 | 2·3, 2·5 | t(2363)=1·09, P=0·28 |
| Too fat | 2·9 | 2·7, 3·0 | 2·9 | 2·8, 3·0 | t(2022)=−0·45, P=0·65 | 3·7 | 3·6, 3·9 | 3·7 | 3·6, 3·8 | t(2363)=0·47, P=0·64 |
| EDS-5 score | 11·3 | 11·0, 11·7 | 11·1 | 10·8, 11·4 | t(2022)=0·94, P=0·35 | 13·8 | 13·4, 14·1 | 13·5 | 13·2, 13·9 | t(2363)=0·86, P=0·39 |
| n | % | n | % | χ 2(df), P value† | n | % | n | % | χ 2(df), P value† | |
| EDS-5 ≥19 (m)/≥23 (w) | 104 | 12·3 | 128 | 10·8 | χ 2(1)=1·06, P=0·30 | 104 | 10·8 | 139 | 9·9 | χ 2(1)=0·41, P=0·52 |
| EDS-5 <19 (m)/<23 (w) | 740 | 87·7 | 1052 | 89·2 | 863 | 89·2 | 1259 | 90·1 | ||
EDS-5, Eating Disturbance Scale; m, men; w, women.
*
Ethnic difference tested by two-sample t test with equal variances assumed.
†
Ethnic difference tested by Pearson’s χ 2 test.