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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2018 Apr 6;51(6):549–557. doi: 10.1002/eat.22864

Table 1.

Univariate predictors of LOC and overeating severity

LOC eating Overeating
95%
confidence
interval		 95%
confidence
interval
Univariate model Effect level B SE Lower Upper Wald
χ2 		p B SE Lower Upper Wald
χ2 		p
Negative affect Between 0.02 0.02 −0.02 0.06 0.76 0.383 0.04 0.03 −0.01 0.09 2.05 0.152
Within 0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.02 2.74 0.098 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.03 3.57 0.059
Stressful events Between 0.13 0.11 −0.08 0.33 1.39 0.238 0.11 0.11 −0.11 0.32 0.98 0.323
Within 0.02 0.05 −0.07 0.12 0.21 0.650 −0.11 0.11 −0.32 0.11 0.90 0.344
Body dissatisfaction Between 0.01 0.01 <0.01 0.02 1.92 0.166 0.01 0.01 <0.01 0.03 4.00 0.046
Within 0.01 0.01 −0.01 0.04 1.13 0.288 0.01 0.01 −0.01 0.03 1.59 0.208
Interpersonal stress Between 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.11 7.14 0.008 0.07 0.02 0.02 0.11 8.28 0.004
Within 0.01 0.01 −0.01 0.04 1.51 0.219 0.01 0.01 −0.01 0.03 0.83 0.361
Food hedonics Between −0.02 0.02 −0.07 0.02 1.20 0.273 <0.01 0.02 −0.05 0.05 0.00 0.971
Within 0.01 0.00 <0.01 0.01 9.08 0.003 0.01 0.01 −0.01 0.03 1.99 0.158
Hunger Between 0.15 0.12 −0.08 0.39 1.65 0.199 0.17 0.13 −0.08 0.41 1.78 0.183
  (lagged) Within 0.02 0.01 <0.01 0.05 2.88 0.089 0.01 0.02 −0.03 0.04 0.11 0.739
Cravings Between 0.25 0.06 0.13 0.37 17.66 <0.001 0.24 0.06 0.12 0.37 15.06 <0.001
  (lagged) Within −0.02 0.02 −0.05 0.02 0.62 0.429 0.01 0.03 −0.04 0.06 0.29 0.592
Influence of others Between 0.17 0.11 −0.04 0.39 2.53 0.112 0.23 0.08 0.06 0.39 7.12 0.008
Within <0.01 0.03 −0.06 0.07 0.02 0.892 −0.04 0.04 −0.12 0.03 1.27 0.261
Presence of others1 Between 0.12 0.17 −0.21 0.45 0.49 0.484 0.29 0.15 0.00 0.58 3.90 0.048
Within 0.02 0.03 −0.04 0.07 0.26 0.608 −0.01 0.07 −0.14 0.13 0.01 0.911
Engaged with electronics2 Between <0.01 0.16 −0.31 0.31 <0.01 0.994 −0.10 0.16 −0.42 0.23 0.35 0.557
Within −0.05 0.03 −0.11 0.02 2.16 0.141 −0.03 0.04 −0.11 0.05 0.59 0.441
Location --- --- --- --- --- 7.83 0.348 --- --- --- --- 4.86 0.678

Note. LOC=loss of control; NA=negative affect.

Bold font indicates significant (p<.05) effects.

1

Reference category: eating alone.

2

Reference category: not engaged with electronics.