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. 2019 Aug 31;11(8):e5540. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5540

Table 4. Individual Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) items, most popular response and correlation with basic characteristics and Night Eating Syndrome (NES).

Items No. of responses (n) Percentage (%) Most popular response (%) p-value
        Gender Age (years) BMI (kg/m2) Level of education Self-esteem level
1. How hungry are you usually in the morning? 395 100 Moderately (29.0) 0.570 0.022 0.850 0.024 0.005
2. When do you usually eat for the first time? 395 100 Before 9 am (41.7) 0.011 0.561 0.323 0.689 0.131
3. Do you have cravings or urges to eat snacks after supper, but before bedtime? 395 100 Somewhat (27.3) 0.201 0.778 0.100 0.972 0.033
4. How much control do you have over your eating between supper and bedtime? 395 100 Some (31.8) 0.363 0.013 0.037 0.110 0.954
5. How much of your daily food intake do you consume after suppertime? 395 100 1-25% (Up to a quarter) (50.0) 0.079 0.027 0.459 0.459 0.524
6. Are you currently feeling blue or down in the dumps? 395 100 Not at all (31.8) <0.001 0.500 0.003 0.072 <0.001
7. When you are feeling blue, is your mood lower in the: 395 100 Late evening/Nighttime (34.5) 0.693 0.463 0.103 0.167 0.017
8. How often do you have trouble getting to sleep? 395 100 Sometimes (50.4) 0.983 0.472 0.099 0.140 <0.001
9. Other than only to use the bathroom, how often do you get up at least one in the middle of the night? 395 100 Never (41.0) 0.536 0.138 0.118 0.947 0.001
10. Do you have cravings or urges to eat snacks when you wake up at night? 245 62.0 Not at all (52.1) 0.669 0.001 0.039 0.298 0.033
11. Do you need to eat to get back to sleep when you wake up at night? 245 62.0 Not at all (68.5) 0.686 <0.001 0.114 0.001 0.038
12. When you get up in the middle of the night, how often do you snack? 245 62.0 Never (54.2)   0.625 <0.001 0.015 0.052 0.021
13. How much control do you have over your eating while you are up at night? 245 62.0 Complete (27.7%)   0.698 0.014 0.055 0.201 0.597