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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2019 Jan 14;52(3):255–260. doi: 10.1002/eat.23014

TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants. Groups with the same superscript (a and/or b) differ significantly in post-hoc Tukey HSD tests

Healthy control (n = 70) Anorexia nervosa (n = 83) Bulimia nervosa (n = 30)
Age (years) 27.31 ± 9.53 27.48 ± 8.36 25.07 ± 5.51 F2,180 = 0.97, p = 0.38
BMI (kg/m2) 22.60 ± 3.00a 16.93 ± 2.37a,b 21.76 ± 2.47b F2,180 = 96.3, p < 0.001
TFEQ-Restraint 6.28 ± 4.45a 17.04 ± 3.83a 13.70 ± 4.36a F2,179 = 127.7, p < 0.001
TFEQ-Disinhibition 3.29 ± 2.33a 6.07 ± 4.43a 13.17 ± 1.86a F2,179 = 87.9, p < 0.001
TFEQ-Hunger 3.36 ± 2.47a 5.07 ± 3.78a 8.57 ± 2.89a F2,179 = 8.0, p < 0.001
EDE-Q Restraint 0.62 ± 1.12a 4.29 ± 1.68a 3.30 ± 1.24a F2,163 = 120.3, p < 0.001
EDE-Q Eating Concern 0.12 ± 0.29a,b 3.74 ± 1.43a 3.61 ± 1.26b F2,163 = 216.7, p < 0.001
EDE-Q Weight Concern 0.52 ± 0.91a,b 4.50 ± 1.52a 4.01 ± 1.58b F2,163 = 165.9, p < 0.001
EDE-Q Shape Concern 0.58 ± 1.04a,b 4.73 ± 1.35a 4.45 ± 1.28b F2,163 = 218.1, p < 0.001
Caloric intake (kcal)* 784 ± 279a 389 ± 259a 542 ± 413a F2,175 = 33.1, p < 0.001

Note. BMI = body mass index; TFEQ = Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire; EDE-Q = Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire.

Data are missing for: one HC for TFEQ; four HC and 13 AN for EDE-Q Restraint and EDE-Q Eating; five HC and 14 AN for EDE-Q Weight and EDE-Q Shape.

*

Caloric intake is reported with binge meals excluded. Tukey HSD test indicated significant differences between all groups.