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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2020 May;129(4):376–386. doi: 10.1037/abn0000519

Table 3.

Impact of Putative Risk Factors on Eating Pathology between Genders across Age

EDI Drive for Thinness EDI Bulimia

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Fixed Effects γ (SE) γ (SE) γ (SE) γ (SE) γ (SE) γ (SE)
 Intercept (γ00) 11.59 (0.14)*** 11.65 (0.15)*** 11.67 (0.15)*** 10.41 (0.11)*** 10.45 (0.11)*** 10.45 (0.11)***
 Age (γ10) 0.02 (0.01) 0.01 (0.01) <0.005 (0.01) −0.03 (0.01)*** −0.04 (0.01)*** −0.04 (0.01)***
 Gender 2.40 (0.32)*** 2.39 (0.33)*** 2.35 (0.33)*** 1.15 (0.24)*** 1.17 (0.24)*** 1.13 (0.24)***
 BMI 0.10 (0.04)* 0.12 (0.04)** 0.12 (0.04)** 0.12 (0.03)*** 0.13 (0.03)*** 0.13 (0.03)**
 Weight Perception 0.80 (0.18)*** 0.72 (0.18)*** 0.74 (0.18)*** 0.53 (0.13)*** 0.52 (0.13)*** 0.53 (0.13)**
 Dieting Frequency 0.82 (0.10)*** 0.78 (0.10)*** 0.80 (0.10)*** 0.46 (0.07)*** 0.46 (0.07)*** 0.47 (0.07)***
 Gender X Age 0.06 (0.02)** 0.06 (0.02)* 0.08 (0.03)** 0.01 (0.01) 0.01 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02)
 BMI X Gender −0.10 (0.09) −0.08 (0.09) −0.10 (0.09) 0.07 (0.06) 0.08 (0.06) 0.06 (0.07)
 Weight Perception X Gender 0.46 (0.40) 0.38 (0.39) 0.43 (0.40) 0.18 (0.28) 0.17 (0.28) 0.20 (0.28)
 Dieting Frequency X Gender 0.19 (0.24) 0.14 (0.24) 0.14 (0.24) −0.01 (0.17) −0.02 (0.17) −0.04 (0.16)
 BMI X Age <0.005 (<0.005) <0.005 (<0.005) <0.005 (<0.005) <0.005 (<0.005)
 Weight Perception X Age −0.01 (0.02) −0.01 (0.02) 0.02 (0.01) 0.02 (0.01)
 Dieting Frequency X Age −0.02 (0.01) −0.02 (0.01) −0.01 (0.01) −0.01 (0.01)
 BMI X Gender X Age <0.005 (0.01) <0.005 (<0.005)
 Weight Perception X Gender X Age <0.005 (0.04) <0.005 (0.03)
 Dieting Frequency X Gender X Age 0.06 (0.02)** 0.02 (0.02)
Variance
 Within-Person 7.08 (0.43)*** 6.98 (0.43)*** 6.99 (0.43)*** 3.29 (0.21)*** 3.30 (0.21)*** 3.31 (0.21)***
 Intercept 12.02 (0.82)*** 12.30 (0.85)*** 12.25 (0.85)*** 6.86 (0.43)*** 6.89 (0.44)*** 6.88 (0.44)***
 Slope 0.01 (<0.005)** 0.01 (<0.005)** 0.01 (<0.005)** 0.01 (<0.005)** <0.005 (<0.005)** <0.005 (<0.005)**

Note. EDI=Eating Disorder Inventory.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001