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. 2018 Aug 10;18:1002. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5930-7

Table 2.

Participant characteristics

Variable Participants N = 180 Missing n (%)
Age (years), n (%) 0 (0)
 16–24 100 (55.6)
 25+ 80 (44.4)
Gender, n (%) 0 (0)
 Female 151 (83.9)
 Male 27 (15.0)
 Othera 2 (1.1)
Sexual identity, n (%) 3 (1.7)
 Heterosexual 147 (83.0)
 Not heterosexual 30 (16.9)
Area of residence in Australia, n (%) 9 (5.0)
 Major city 143 (83.6)
 Regional 28 (16.4)
Education, n (%) 0 (0)
 Post high school 137 (76.1)
 No post-high school 43 (23.9)
Have a child/children, n (%) 1 (0.6)
 No 149 (83.2)
 Yes 30 (16.8)
Live with parents, n (%) 1 (0.6)
 No 95 (53.1)
 Yes 84 (46.9)
Recreational spending money, per week n (%) 5 (2.8)
  > $80 70 (40.0)
  < $80 105 (60.0)
Body mass index, median (IQR) 24.5 (21.6, 26.8) 5 (2.8)
K10b, median (IQR) 20 (14, 27) 42 (23.3)
Exercise addiction inventory, mean (SD) 18 (4.3) 34 (18.9)
EAT-26c, median (IQR) 7 (4, 15) 61 (33.9)

aOther gender (n = 2: male and female = 1, non-binary/genderqueer = 1), bK10: Kessler 10 Psychological Distress Scale, cEAT-26: Eating Attitudes Test-26 scale