Table 3.

Comparison of health outcomes at seven-year follow-up among young adults with overweight/obesity, by sex and absence or presence of baseline unhealthy weight control behaviors (UWCB) or binge-eating behaviors

	Males			Females
	No UWCB at baseline	UWCB at baseline	p	No UWCB at baseline	UWCB at baseline	p
Health outcomes at seven-year follow up (24-32 years old)	Mean ± SD / %	Mean ± SD / %		Mean ± SD / %	Mean ± SD / %
Body mass index (BMI) change, kg/m2	3.07 ± 4.97	2.33 ± 4.33	0.005a	2.42 ± 5.23	3.05 ± 5.96	0.010a
Incident diabetes (self-report or HbA1c ≥ 6.5)b	8.7%	12.5%	0.026c	9.5%	12.9%	0.011c
Incident hypertension (self-report or SBP≥140 or DBP≥90)b	35.2%	34.3%	0.962c	19.1%	19.5%	0.384c
Incident hyperlipidemia (self-report or total cholesterol≥240)b	17.6%	17.8%	0.936c	14.3%	15.8%	0.336c
	No binge eating at baseline	Binge eating at baseline	p	No binge eating at baseline	Binge eating at baseline	p
Body mass index (BMI) change, kg/m2	2.40 ± 4.34	2.82 ± 5.57	0.266a	2.56 ± 5.43	2.74 ± 5.21	0.635a
Incident diabetes (self-report or HbA1c ≥ 6.5)b	9.1%	10.6%	0.546c	10.2%	10.4%	0.110c
Incident hypertension (self-report or SBP≥140 or DBP≥90)b	35.4%	31.0%	0.284c	19.8%	15.8%	0.172c
Incident hyperlipidemia (self-report or total cholesterol≥240)b	17.1%	28.2%	0.001c	14.8%	12.4%	0.341c

SD = standard deviation

^aIndependent samples T-test

^bBaseline information based on self-report only

^cPearson's chi square test