Table 2.
Psychological variables (comparison between groups at baseline and before-after weight loss in the OB group)
| Normal-weight women (n = 24) | Women with overweight/obesity (n = 27) | p value intragroup | Women with overweight/obesity |
p vale before-after | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before (n = 23) | after (n = 23) | |||||
| CES-D | 8.0±1.4 | 11.5±1.6 | 0.12 | 11.0±1.8 | 9.7±1.5 | 0.35 |
| STAI-trait | 39.7±2.3 | 42.8±2.1 | 0.31 | 42.1±2.1 | 38.4±2.2 | 0.13 |
| BES | 4.8±0.9 | 12.7±0.9 | <0.001* | 12.3±1.1 | 7.6±1.1 | <0.001* |
| TFEQ | ||||||
| Restraint of eating | 8.7±0.8 | 7.7±0.8 | 0.35 | 8.1±0.9 | 14.2±0.5 | <0.001* |
| Disinhibition | 4.6±0.5 | 9.0±0.6 | <0.001* | 8.9±0.6 | 7.0±0.6 | <0.001* |
| Hunger | 3.8±0.6 | 5.9±0.5 | 0.01* | 5.5±0.6 | 3.5±0.5 | <0.001* |
| DEBQ | ||||||
| Restrained eating | 2.7±0.2 | 2.8±0.1 | 0.71 | 2.9±0.1 | 3.8±0.1 | <0.001* |
| Emotional eating | 1.8±0.1 | 2.3±0.2 | 0.02* | 2.2±0.2 | 2.0±0.1 | 0.17 |
| External eating | 3.0±0.1 | 3.3±0.1 | 0.02* | 3.3±0.1 | 2.9±1.1 | 0.001* |
Values are mean± SEM.
*
p<0.05, significant. CESD-D, Center for EpidemiologicStudies-DepressionScale; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; BES, Binge Eating Scale; TFEQ, Three Factors Eating Questionnaire; DEBQ, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire.