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. 2018 Apr 9;8:5702. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24001-1

Table 2.

Means and standard errors of the mean of pre and post intervention measurements for each group, and Time (pre, post) × Intervention (ME, EC) statistics.

Mindful eating (n = 35) Educational cooking (n = 30) p test-statistica
pre post pre post
Physical measurements
BMI (kg/m2) 26.7 ±0.7 26.9 ±0.7 26.3 ±0.7 25.9 ±0.7 0.005 8.634
Waist (in cm) 90.3 ±2.3 90.2 ±2.4 87.9 ±2.3 86.0 ±2.4 0.021 5.565
Waist-to-hip ratio 0.85 ±0.01 0.84 ±0.01 0.84 ±0.01 0.84 ±0.01 0.738 0.113
Self-report questionnaires
BIS 21.0 ±0.5 20.5 ±0.5 20.0 ±0.6 19.5 ±0.6 0.978 0.001
BAS 41.8 ±0.6 42.2 ±0.7 43.7 ±0.7 43.4 ±0.8 0.370 0.814
FFQ – DHD 52.9 ±1.8 54.5 ±1.7 48.9 ±2.5 58.8 ±2.1 0.005 8.670
FBQ – short version
Knowledge 15.6 ±0.2 15.9 ±0.2 14.8 ±0.3 16.7 ±0.1 <0.001 23.522
Temptation 27.9 ±1.0 27.9 ±0.9 27.8 ±0.7 26.7 ±0.7 0.241 1.398
DEBQ
Restraint 2.5 ±0.2 2.9 ±0.1 2.7 ±0.1 3.0 ±0.1 0.693 0.157
Emotional 2.6 ±0.2 2.7 ±0.1 2.9 ±0.2 2.7 ±0.2 0.218 1.551
External 2.8 ±0.2 3.1 ±0.1 3.2 ±0.1 3.2 ±0.1 0.116 2.544
FFMQ-SFc 77.3 ±1.5 75.1 ±1.3 76.4 ±1.5 76.6 ±1.5 0.517 0.426
HADS
Anxiety 3.9 ±0.5 6.0 ±0.4 5.3 ±0.6 5.9 ±0.7 0.050 3.977
Depression 2.1 ±0.4 2.7 ±0.4 2.7 ±0.5 2.8 ±0.5 0.281 1.180
TCQd 26.9 ±2.0 27.0 ±1.5 32.2 ±0.9 32.4 ±1.5 0.977 0.001

If not otherwise stated, values represent mean ±SEM.

BIS/BAS: Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Approach System questionnaire; FFQ-DHD: Food Frequency Questionnaire, Dutch Healthy Diet; FBQ: Food Behavior Questionnaire, a shortened version; DEBQ: Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire; FFMQ-SF: Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire – Short Form; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; TCQ: Treatment Credibility Questionnaire. Note that the pre-TCQ was filled out at the first session of the intervention, not on the pre test session, as participants were unaware of the contents of the assigned intervention at that time.

aIf not otherwise stated, the reported test-statistic is the F-value (degrees of freedom: 1,63).

bMann-Whitney U.

cFFMQ-SF: N = 54 (NME = 24, NEC = 30; degrees of freedom: 1,52).

dTCQ: N = 55 (NME = 29, NEC = 26; degrees of freedom: 1,53).