Table 1.
Demographic Information for participant samples.
| Sample | n | Mean Age (SD) | Mean BMI (SD) | % Female | Mean OBEs in Past 28 Days (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-clinical samples: | |||||
| First Year University Students | 308 | 19.66 (4.54) | 22.08 (3.81) | 80.8 | 2.18 (4.32) |
| General Community | 190 | 31.22 (12.83) | 25.10 (6.08) | 62.6 | 3.19 (6.21) |
| Treatment-seeking samples: | |||||
| Hospital-based Obesity Treatment Service | 29 | 50.97 (14.23) | 46.53 (12.56) | 55.2 | 2.32 (3.29) |
| Hospital-based Outpatient Eating Disorder Treatment Service | 19 | 30.29 (8.86) | 26.59 (13.24) | 100 | 7.06 (9.90) |
| Hospital-based Outpatient Binge Eating Group Treatment Program | 31 | 28.00 (11.72) | 25.85 (5.68) | 100 | 20.43 (18.65) |
| Private Eating Disorder Treatment Services | 111 | 23.57 (9.92) | 23.20 (11.20) | 91.9 | 7.15 (10.20) |
| Subgroup based on self-reported binge eating status: | |||||
| Non-BE | 343 | 25.30 (12.62) | 23.53 (7.40) | 73.2 | 0 |
| BE | 190 | 25.39 (10.38) | 24.98 (7.97) | 87.3 | 13.14 (11.00) |
| Eating Disorder Subgroups: | |||||
| AN-R | 24 | 22.00 (9.27) | 18.82 (3.67) | 91.7 | 1.70 (4.97) |
| AN-BP | 10 | 21.20 (4.94) | 17.39 (3.07) | 100 | 12.00 (14.52) |
| BN | 35 | 25.81 (6.96) | 25.06 (7.94) | 97.1 | 18.03 (14.28) |
| BED | 19 | 31.85 (13.69) | 34.57 (13.41) | 89.5 | 19.24 (19.10) |
| OSFED AN | 12 | 24.25 (10.82) | 21.76 (4.38) | 100 | 5.00 (6.15) |
| OSFED BN | 4 | 23.00 (5.77) | 25.42 (3.87) | 100 | 6.50 (5.97) |
| OSFED BED | 4 | 34.67 (4.16) | 25.56 (5.03) | 75.0 | 19.75 (21.48) |
SD = standard deviation, BMI = body mass index, OBE = objective binge eating episodes, Non-BE = participants who self-reported 0 incidents of objective binge episodes in 28 days prior to completing the test battery; BE = participants who self-reported engaging in 4 or more incidents of objective binge eating episodes in the 28 days prior to completing the test battery, AN-R = anorexia nervosa restrictive type, AN-BP = anorexia nervosa binge/purge type, BN = bulimia nervosa, BED = binge eating disorder, OSFED = other specified feeding or eating disorder.