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Published in final edited form as: Eat Weight Disord. 2020 Mar 28;26(2):695–702. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-00888-6

Appendix A.

Prospective associations between proxies of eating disorder diagnosis with certain eating behaviors, eating behaviors in the absence of eating disorder diagnosis proxies, and sleep disturbance constructs, adjusted for demographic and socio-economic covariatesa

Adjusted for covariatesa Adjusted for covariates and depressiona

Falling Asleep Staying Asleep Falling Asleep Staying Asleep

IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)

Eating disorder diagnosis proxies with specific behaviors
 Eating disorder with restrictive eating behaviors 1.81 (1.42–2.29)*** 1.27 (0.94–1.72) 1.53 (1.17–2.02)** 1.12 (0.80–1.57)
  Depression 1.04 (1.04–1.05)*** 1.03 (1.03–1.04)***
 Eating disorder with compensatory behaviors 1.43 (0.98–2.10) 1.17 (0.75–1.81) 1.21 (0.74–1.96) 1.01 (0.61–1.67)
  Depression 1.04 (1.04–1.05)*** 1.03 (1.03–1.04)***
 Eating disorder with overeating/loss of control 1.28 (0.81–2.04) 1.18 (0.83–1.68) 1.10 (0.58–1.77) 1.05 (0.72–1.52)
  Depression 1.04 (1.04–1.05)*** 1.03 (1.03–1.04)***
Disordered eating behaviors, excluding participants with eating disorder diagnosis proxies
 Restrictive eating behaviorsb 1.14(1.05–1.24)** 1.10 (1.01–1.20)* 1.07 (0.99–1.17) 1.05 (0.96–1.14)
  Depression 1.04 (1.04–1.05)*** 1.03 (1.03–1.04)***
 Compensatory behaviorsc 1.14 (1.01–1.28)* 1.17 (1.04–1.31)* 1.08 (0.96–1.21) 1.13 (1.00–1.27)
  Depression 1.04 (1.04–1.05)*** 1.03 (1.03–1.04)***
 Overeating/loss of control eating 1.21 (1.09–1.34)*** 1.20 (1.09–1.32)*** 1.09 (0.97–1.21) 1.11 (1.00–1.23)
  Depression 1.04 (1.04–1.05)*** 1.03 (1.03–1.04)***
a

All models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, biological sex, household income, parental education, body mass index, and baseline sleep disturbances.

b

Restrictive eating behaviors include fasting or skipping meals

c

Compensatory behaviors include vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, or weight loss pills for weight loss

IRR=Incidence rate ratio

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001