Table 1.
Clusters | RiBED-8 items | ||||||||||||
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Number | Percent | hc | I diet | I throw up | I’m afraid of not being able to stop eating | Desire to lose weight that has taken over | Uncomfortable when I eat with others | ||||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||||
No eating problems | 247 (194) | 50.4 (40.2) | 0.27 (0.25) | 1.10a (1.29a) | 0.31 (0.52) | 1.00a (1.01a) | 0.00 (0.10) | 1.23a (1.00a) | 0.42 (0.00) | 1.13a (1.17a) | 0.33 (0.38) | 1.08a (1.00a) | 0.28 (0.00) |
Social eating problems | 37 (80) | 7.5 (16.6) | 0.84 (0.72) | 1.32a (1.40a) | 0.53 (0.54) | 1.00a (1.01a) | 0.00 (0.11) | 1.57b (1.39b) | 0.50 (0.49) | 2.00b (1.48a) | 0.67 (0.57) | 2.81d (2.29b) | 0.66 (0.58) |
Fear of not being able to stop eating | 56 (72) | 11.4 (14.9) | 1.03 (0.49) | 1.93b (1.51a) | 0.76 (0.56) | 1.00a (1.00a) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.93d (2.32c) | 0.63 (0.55) | 1.86b (1.38a) | 0.70 (0.49) | 1.59b (1.06a) | 0.53 (0.23) |
Weight concerns | 73 (46) | 14.9 (9.5) | 0.58 (0.93) | 2.12b,c (2.41b) | 0.47 (0.86) | 1.00a (1.00a) | 0.00 (0.00) | 1.38a,b (1.41b) | 0.49 (0.58) | 2.40c (3.22c) | 0.64 (0.59) | 1.18a (1.24a) | 0.38 (0.48) |
Multiple eating problems without purging | 30 (48) | 6.1 (9.9) | 1.60 (1.50) | 3.13d (2.58b,c) | 0.57 (0.74) | 1.00a (1.00a) | 0.00 (0.00) | 2.67d (3.21d) | 0.99 (0.62) | 3.37e (2.65b) | 0.67 (0.91) | 2.60d (2.23b) | 0.93 (0.93) |
Multiple eating problems including purging | 34 (38) | 6.9 (7.9) | 2.57 (2.22) | 2.32c (2.82c) | 1.04 (0.77) | 2.09b (2.29b) | 0.29 (0.46) | 2.06c (2.37c) | 0.92 (0.97) | 2.76d (2.66b) | 0.92 (0.88) | 2.15c (2.42b) | 0.92 (0.79) |
Means with different superscripts differ significantly, according to post-hoc tests by Tukey HSD