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. 2019 Sep 6;7:30. doi: 10.1186/s40337-019-0260-4

Table 1.

Clinical and psychopathological comparison between type 2 diabetes patients with and without eating disorders

T2DM T2DM T2DM p value
Total sample Without eating disorder With eating disorder
n = 70 n = 56 n = 14
Age (years) 52.9 ± 6.8 53.2 ± 6.9 51.8 ± 6.8 0.50
Diabetes duration (years) 13.4 ± 7.5 13.6 ± 7.5 12.2 ± 8.0 0.52
Body mass index (kg/m2) 30.6 ± 5.2 30.0 ± 5.2 32.6 ± 4.8 0.09
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 199.8 ± 44.2 199.1 ± 44.5 202.3 ± 44.5 0.81
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 131.9 ± 55.5 128.4 ± 50.3 145.0 ± 72.8 0.34
Binge eating scale 12.8 ± 10.3 9.5 ± 8.1 25.6 ± 8.1 < 0.001

Data are presented as mean (SD). T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus