Table 2. Basic characteristics and self-esteem correlated with Night Eating Syndrome (NES).
BMI: Body Mass Index
| Characteristics | n | NES | ||||
| Affected (%) | Not Affected (%) | n | p-value | |||
| Gender | Male | 160 | 31 (19.4) | 129 (80.6) | 395 | 0.001 |
| Female | 235 | 26 (11.1) | 209 (88.9) | |||
| Age (years) | 18–24 | 197 | 17 (9.6) | 180 (90.4) | 395 | 0.001 |
| 25–30 | 198 | 40 (20.2) | 158 (79.8) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | Less than 18.5 | 55 | 5 (1.8) | 50 (98.2) | 395 | 0.003 |
| 18.6–25.5 | 244 | 27 (11.1) | 217 (88.9) | |||
| 25.6–29.9 | 92 | 25 (27.2) | 67 (72.8) | |||
| More than 30 | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100) | |||
| Level of education | Matriculation/O levels | 4 | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 395 | 0.407 |
| Intermediate/A levels | 118 | 15 (12.7) | 103 (87.3) | |||
| Graduate | 200 | 27 (13.5) | 173 (86.5) | |||
| Higher | 73 | 14 (19.2) | 59 (80.8) | |||
| Self-Esteem Level | Low | 104 | 28 (26.9) | 76 (73.1) | 395 | <0.001 |
| Normal | 273 | 29 (10.6) | 244 (89.4) | |||
| High | 18 | 0 (0.0) | 18 (100) | |||