Table 1.
Overeating and Binge Eating Episodes among Foreign and US-Born Adults in the United States
| Place of Birth | Odds Ratio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-Born (n = 29,896; 84.05%) | Foreign Born (n = 6404; 15.95%) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | AOR | (95% CI) | |
| Full Sample | ||||||||
| Any Overeating | ||||||||
| No | 83.95 | (82.0–83.8) | 92.15 | (91.2–93.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 17.05 | (16.2–18.0) | 7.85 | (7.0–8.8) | 0.41 | (0.36–0.47) | 0.46 | (0.40–0.53) |
| Recurrent Overeating | ||||||||
| No | 94.65 | (94.2–95.1) | 97.10 | (96.7–97.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 5.35 | (4.9–5.8) | 2.90 | (2.5–3.4) | 0.53 | (0.44–0.63) | 0.51 | (0.41–0.63) |
| Binge Eating Episode (i.e. Overeating w/ Loss of Control) | ||||||||
| No | 60.12 | (57.0–63.2) | 62.79 | (54.6–70.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes (n = 1,735) | 39.88 | (36.8–43.0) | 37.21 | (29.7–45.4) | 0.89 | (0.62–1.29) | 0.93 | (0.62–1.39) |
| Male | ||||||||
| Any Overeating | ||||||||
| No | 77.88 | (76.4–79.3) | 89.27 | (87.6–90.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 22.12 | (20.7–23.6) | 10.73 | (9.3–12.4) | 0.42 | (0.35–0.50) | 0.48 | (0.40–0.59) |
| Recurrent Overeating | ||||||||
| No | 93.46 | (92.7–94.1) | 96.03 | (95.1–96.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 6.54 | (5.9–7.3) | 3.97 | (3.2–4.9) | 0.59 | (0.46–0.75) | 0.55 | (0.42–0.74) |
| Binge Eating Episode (i.e. Overeating w/ Loss of Control) | ||||||||
| No | 72.82 | (69.2–76.2) | 64.48 | (54.4–73.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes (n = 943) | 27.18 | (23.8–30.8) | 35.52 | (26.6–45.6) | 1.48 | (0.93–2.34) | 1.19 | (0.76–1.88) |
| Female | ||||||||
| Any Overeating | ||||||||
| No | 87.61 | (86.8–88.4) | 94.93 | (94.0–95.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 12.39 | (11.6–13.2) | 5.07 | (4.3–6.0) | 0.38 | (0.31–0.46) | 0.42 | (0.34–0.52) |
| Recurrent Overeating | ||||||||
| No | 95.75 | (95.3–96.1) | 98.14 | (97.6–98.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 4.25 | (3.8–4.7) | 1.86 | (1.4–2.4) | 0.43 | (0.31–0.58) | 0.43 | (0.30–0.63) |
| Binge Eating Episode (i.e. Overeating w/ Loss of Control) | ||||||||
| No | 42.14 | (38.0–46.4) | 59.31 | (45.5–71.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes (n = 792) | 57.86 | (53.6–62.0) | 40.69 | (28.2–54.5) | 0.50 | (0.28–0.89) | 0.54 | (0.29–0.98) |
Note: Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, household income, education level, and marital status. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals in bold are statistically significant. Analyses for binge eating conducted only with those reporting recurrent episodes of overeating. Interaction tests identified a significant interaction between gender and immigrant status (AOR = 2.92, 95% CI = 1.46–5.85) when predicting binge eating among those with recurrent episodes of overeating.