Table 3.
Associations between dichotomized EDS-5 score and selected variables, presented as number and percentage above the 90th percentile cut-off (≥19 for men and ≥23 for women), 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*) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total EDS-5 scoring | 104 | 12·3 | 128 | 10·8 | 104 | 10·8 | 139 | 9·9 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 40–49 | 36 | 17·1 | 41 | 13·8 | 41 | 14·3 | 52 | 12·2 |
| 50–59 | 34 | 12·4 | 39 | 10·5 | 35 | 10·1 | 46 | 10·1 |
| 60–69 | 34 | 9·5 | 48 | 9·4 | 28 | 8·4 | 41 | 7·9 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=7·06, P=0·01 | χ 2(1)=3·62, P=0·06 | χ 2(1)=5·43, P=0·02 | χ 2(1)=4·79, P=0·03 | ||||
| Education (years) | ||||||||
| <13 | 74 | 15·0 | 61 | 9·4 | 45 | 11·1 | 65 | 10·1 |
| ≥13 | 28 | 8·6 | 64 | 12·9 | 55 | 10·6 | 70 | 9·9 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=7·19, P=0·01 | χ 2(1)=3·52, P=0·06 | χ 2(1)=0·08, P=0·78 | χ 2(1)=0·01, P=0·92 | ||||
| BMI class | ||||||||
| Normal weight | 2 | 1·2 | 4 | 1·9 | 4 | 1·5 | 10 | 2·0 |
| Overweight | 33 | 8·1 | 37 | 5·8 | 28 | 7·2 | 48 | 8·7 |
| Obese class I | 45 | 21·0 | 62 | 24·8 | 44 | 21·1 | 52 | 20·2 |
| Obese class II | 24 | 44·4 | 25 | 31·3 | 28 | 29·5 | 29 | 33·0 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=84·2, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=103·5, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=83·7, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=114·7, P<0·001 | ||||
| Anxiety and depression (SCL-5) | ||||||||
| <2·0 | 70 | 9·8 | 98 | 9·3 | 67 | 8·6 | 97 | 8·2 |
| ≥2·0 | 30 | 30·3 | 23 | 27·4 | 34 | 24·3 | 29 | 20·9 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=34·1, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=26·6, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=29·7, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=62·4, P<0·001 | ||||
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| 1–2 | 13 | 14·8 | 20 | 21·3 | 12 | 13·3 | 14 | 16·5 |
| 3–4 | 46 | 19·4 | 53 | 16·2 | 34 | 14·0 | 44 | 15·6 |
| 5–6 | 25 | 9·0 | 33 | 8·1 | 36 | 11·1 | 44 | 9·0 |
| 7–8 | 15 | 8·9 | 18 | 6·4 | 16 | 6·7 | 24 | 5·9 |
| 9–10 | 3 | 5·9 | 3 | 5·8 | 5 | 8·8 | 7 | 7·1 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=10·9, P=0·001 | χ 2(1)=26·3, P<0·001 | χ 2(1)=5·80, P=0·02 | χ 2(1)=19·1, P<0·001 | ||||
| Snacks | ||||||||
| <37·8 g/d | 89 | 11·4 | 103 | 9·9 | 90 | 10·2 | 110 | 8·8 |
| ≥37·8 g/d | 15 | 24·2 | 25 | 18·4 | 14 | 16·1 | 29 | 18·8 |
| χ 2(df), P value† | χ 2(1)=8·72, P=0·003 | χ 2(1)=9·02, P=0·003 | χ 2(1)=2·83, P=0·09 | χ 2(1)=15·3, P<0·001 | ||||
EDS-5, Eating Disturbance Scale; SCL-5, five-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist.
*
Subgroups may not total to this number due to missing values.
†
Mantel–Haenszel test for trend (linear-by-linear association).