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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 2.

Pearson’s correlations between caloric intake and selfreport measures

n r 95% CI p
Total sample
TFEQ-Restraint 177 −.598 −0.685, −0.511 <0.001
TFEQ-Disinhibition 177 −.004 −0.153, 0.145 0.96
TFEQ-Hunger 177 .031 −0.124, 0.186 0.68
EDE-Q-Restraint 162 −.538 −0.647, −0.429 <0.001
Healthy control
TFEQ-Restraint 69 −.322 −0.545, −0.099 0.007
TFEQ-Disinhibition 69 .207 −0.014, 0.428 0.088
TFEQ-Hunger 69 .196 −0.020, 0.412 0.107
EDE-Q-Restraint 66 −.232 −0.474, 0.010 0.061
Anorexia nervosa
TFEQ-Restraint 79 −.380 −0.562, −0.199 <0.001
TFEQ-Disinhibition 79 .314 0.120, 0.507 0.005
TFEQ-Hunger 79 .218 0.040, 0.395 0.054
EDE-Q-Restraint 67 −.370 −0.583, −0.156 0.002
Bulimia nervosa
TFEQ-Restraint 29 −.425 −0.784, −0.065 0.022
TFEQ-Disinhibition 29 .343 0.098, 0.589 0.068
TFEQ-Hunger 29 .253 −0.024, 0.527 0.189
EDE-Q-Restraint 29 −.130 −0.399, 0.139 0.502

Note. TFEQ = Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire; EDEQ = Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; CI = Confidence Interval.