Table 4.
Dimensional disordered eating symptoms in individuals with and without a lifetime history of MDD or an anxiety disorder
| Symptom Scale |
With MDD/Anxiety Disorder Mean (SD) |
No MDD or Anxiety Disorder Mean (SD) |
D | t(df) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Including Participants with a Lifetime DSM-5 Eating Disorder: | |||||
| MEBS Total Score | 7.62 (5.94) | 4.70 (4.43) | 0.60 | 5.12 (175.36) | <.001 |
| MEBS Binge Eating | 1.63 (1.82) | 0.87 (1.12) | 0.58 | 4.47 (159.69) | <.001 |
| MEBS Body Dissatisfaction | 2.27 (2.14) | 1.28 (1.77) | 0.53 | 4.75 (189.30) | <.001 |
| MEBS Weight Preoccupation | 2.83 (2.47) | 1.94 (2.06) | 0.41 | 3.66 (188.57) | <.001 |
| MEBS Compensatory Behaviors | 0.23 (.56) | 0.11 (.35) | 0.27 | 2.14 (161.17) | .034 |
| Excluding Participants with a Lifetime DSM-5 Eating Disorder: | |||||
| MEBS Total Score | 6.14 (5.01) | 4.41 (4.16) | 0.40 | 3.21 (140.92) | .002 |
| MEBS Binge Eating | 1.18 (1.39) | 0.81 (1.06) | 0.32 | 2.47 (134.66) | .015 |
| MEBS Body Dissatisfaction | 1.95 (2.03) | 1.19 (1.69) | 0.43 | 3.51 (143.24) | <.001 |
| MEBS Weight Preoccupation | 2.33 (2.28) | 1.85 (2.00) | 0.24 | 1.96 (146.61) | .052 |
| MEBS Compensatory Behavior | 0.12 (0.38) | 0.09 (0.31) | 0.08 | 0.64 (138.55) | .520 |
Note: MDD = major depressive disorder; MEBS = Minnesota Eating Behavior Survey. Analyses excluding participants with a lifetime ED excluded those with definite, probable, or possible DSM-5 anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, purging disorder, or non-purging other specified feeding or eating disorder from both the MDD/anxiety disorder and no MDD/anxiety disorder groups. Means (SD) for participants with a “definite”/“probable” DSM-5 ED were as follows: MEBS Total Score: 13.07 (5.82); MEBS Binge Eating: 2.96 (2.22); MEBS Body Dissatisfaction: 3.48 (2.08); MEBS Weight Preoccupation 4.68 (2.25); MEBS Compensatory Behavior: .85 (.91); DEBQ Emotional Eating: 1.53 (.51).