Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics and descriptive statistics for Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) scores, anxiety severity, depression severity, binge eating risk and eating attitude risk.

Variable		Sample		BSQ Score
		N	Sample (%)	Mean	SD
Gender	Male	155	50	20.29	9.5
	Female	155	50	24.23	10.26
Age (years)	18–23 (youngest)	78	25.16	23.41	11.43
	24–29 (younger)	100	32.26	22.39	10.19
	30–35 (young)	97	31.29	21.04	8.3
	36–40 (middle)	35	11.29	22.71	11.01
Ethnicity	Chinese	218	66.26	21.99	9.64
	Malay	51	15.5	23.1	11.73
	Indian	29	8.81	23.93	10.07
	Others	12	3.65	19.58	10.59
Education a	Secondary and below	18	5.49	21.67	11.17
	O/N/A Level	94	28.66	21.47	10.34
	ITE/Diploma/Other Professional Qualifications	137	41.77	22.46	10.24
	University	60	18.29	23.13	9.07
Employment Status b	Employed	152	47.06	21.97	9.32
	Student/NS *	62	19.2	21.66	11.39
	Unemployed/retired/homemaker	90	27.86	23.24	10.18
Marital Status	Single/never married	259	78.72	21.97	10.01
	Married	32	9.73	23.56	11.92
	Divorced/Separated/Widowed	19	5.78	24.05	7.29
Diagnosis	Depression	154	46.81	23.19	10.49
	Schizophrenia	156	47.42	21.35	9.58
BMI (SG)	Risk of nutritional deficiency	31	9.42	18.97	11.06
	Low risk	90	27.36	19.19	9.17
	Moderate risk	99	30.09	22.4	9.66
	High risk	90	27.36	26.31	9.71
Anxiety Severity				17.19	13.51
Depression Severity				17.86	13.73
Binge eating risk				9.82	8.27
Eating attitude risk				8.94	8.87

N = 310, ^a n= 309, ^b n = 304. NS * (National Service)—A statutory requirement of compulsory period of military training in Singapore for all male Singaporean citizens and permanent residents attaining the age of 18.