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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2020 Aug 26;53(11):1844–1854. doi: 10.1002/eat.23366

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for primary study variables in the full sample (N = 563 women)

Diagnosis Number Affected (% of Total)
MDD or Any DSM-IV Anxiety Disorder Combined 130 (24.3%)
  Any DSM-IV Anxiety Disorder Only (Excluding MDD) 110 (20.4%)
  MDD 37 (6.7%)
  OCD 30 (5.4%)
  PTSD 8 (1.5%)
  Social Phobia 46 (8.4%)
  Specific Phobia 40 (7.2%)
  Panic Disorder 7 (1.3%)
  AWOPD 2 (0.4%)
  GAD 6 (1.1%)
Eating Disorders Number Affected (% of Total)
Any DSM-5 Eating Disorder 28 (5.1%)
  Anorexia Nervosa 5 (0.9%)
  Bulimia Nervosa 5 (0.9%)
  Binge-Eating Disorder 6 (1.1%)
  Purging Disorder 4 (0.7%)
  Non-Purging OSFED 11 (2.0%)
Disordered Eating Behaviors from the SCID Number Affected (% of Total)
Any Disordered Eating Behavior 101 (18.2%)
  OBE 32 (5.7%)
  SBE 28 (5.0%)
  Loss of Control Over Eating Outside of OBEs/SBEs 13 (2.4%)
  Excessive Exercise, Fasting, or Strict Dieting 67 (12.0%)
  Purging, Laxatives, or Other Medication 11 (2.0%)
Dimensional Disordered Eating Symptoms Mean (SD) Observed
Range
Possible
Range
MEBS Total Score 5.40 (4.99) 0-24 0-30
  MEBS Binge Eating 1.05 (1.37) 0-7 0-7
  MEBS Body Dissatisfaction 1.52 (1.91) 0-6 0-6
  MEBS Weight Preoccupation 2.16 (2.19) 0-8 0-8
  MEBS Compensatory Behaviors 0.15 (0.43) 0-3 0-6

Note: OBE = objective binge eating; SBE = subjective binge eating; MDD = major depressive disorder; OCD = obsessive-compulsive disorder; PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder; AWOPD = agoraphobia without panic disorder; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; OSFED = other specified feeding or eating disorder; any anxiety disorder = a lifetime diagnosis of at least one of the following: OCD, PTSD, social phobia, specific phobia, panic disorder, AWOPD, or GAD; MEBS = Minnesota Eating Behavior Survey. N’s represent lifetime “definite”/“probable” diagnoses and lifetime behaviors.