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. 2020 Sep 13;17(18):6665. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186665

Table 2.

Differences between eating-disordered behavior (EDB) negatively and positively screened groups of adolescents in selected variables.

Variable Total (n = 780) Boys (n = 436) Girls (n = 344)
Negatively Screened
(n = 572)
Positively Screened
(n = 208)
Negatively Screened
(n = 356)
Positively Screened
(n = 80)
Negatively Screened
(n = 216)
Positively Screened
(n = 128)
Age 13.46 ± 1.31 13.41 ± 1.24 13.53 ± 1.30 13.30 ± 1.25 13.34 ± 1.32 13.49 ± 1.24
Body height (cm) 162.38 ± 10.74 162.08 ± 9.03 163.98 ± 11.84 164.06 ± 10.75 159.74 ± 7.96 16.85 ± 7.54
Body weight (kg) 51.33 ± 12.19 57.47 ± 13.31 ** 52.94 ± 13.20 60.87 ± 17.01 ** 48.68 ± 9.80 55.34 ± 9.84 **
BMI 19.26 ± 3.19 21.71 ± 3.97 ** 19.44 ± 3.27 22.31 ± 4.75 ** 19.00 ± 3.04 21.34 ± 3.35 **
Body fat mass (kg) 9.61 ± 5.98 15.23 ± 8.23 ** 8.79 ± 6.00 15.00 ± 10.09 ** 10.98 ± 5.7 15.37 ± 6.85 **
Body fat percentage (%) 18.13 ± 8.35 25.39 ± 9.47 ** 16.02 ± 8.07 23.08 ± 11.08 ** 21.60 ± 7.65 26.83 ± 8.03 **
Body fat mass index 3.66 ± 2.27 5.8 ± 3.11 ** 3.29 ± 2.24 5.56 ± 3.68 ** 4.28 ± 2.20 5.96 ± 2.69 **
Fat free mass (kg) 41.74 ± 9.62 42.24 ± 8.67 44.16 ± 10.55 45.86 ± 11.29 37.70 ± 6.05 39.97 ± 5.45 **
Fat free mass index 15.59 ± 1.93 15.91 ± 1.81 * 16.15 ± 1.99 16.76 ± 2.27 * 14.69 ± 1.44 15.39 ± 1.21 **
Skeletal muscle mass (kg) 22.74 ± 5.79 23.02 ± 5.21 24.23 ± 6.34 25.22 ± 6.81 20.28 ± 3.63 21.64 ± 3.24 **
Minerals (kg) 2.89 ± 0.66 2.97 ± 0.60 3.03 ± 0.74 3.19 ± 0.78 2.67 ± 0.44 2.85 ± 0.41 **
Proteins (kg) 8.20 ± 1.92 8.29 ± 1.73 8.70±2.10 9.02 ± 2.26 7.39 ± 1.20 7.84 ± 1.08 **
Body image 2.82 ± 0.81 3.46 ± 0.87 ** 2.81 ± 0.79 3.3 ± 0.93 ** 2.85 ± 0.84 3.56 ± 0.82 **
SCOFF QS 0.58 ± 0.49 2.39 ± 0.64 ** 0.55 ± 0.50 2.39 ± 0.70 ** 0.64 ± 0.48 2.39 ± 0.60 **
Physical activity (days) 5.44 ± 1.97 5.40 ± 1.97 5.62 ± 1.95 6.09 ± 1.90 * 5.14 ± 1.97 4.97 ± 1.89

Note: **—p ˂ 0.001; *—p ˂ 0.05; BMI—body mass index; SCOFF QS—SCOFF questionnaire score (number of “yes” answers).