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. 2020 Nov 13;12(11):3490. doi: 10.3390/nu12113490

Table 5.

Bivariate analysis of factors associated with the DOS total score.

Variable DOS Total Score p
Clusters 0.003
Cluster 1 16.86 ± 5.02
Cluster 2 18.40 ± 5.03
Cluster 3 20.36 ± 5.51
Gender 0.111
Males 17.07 ± 6.00
Females 17.85 ± 4.91
Age 0.001 0.997
Body Mass Index 0.057 0.387
Cognitive restraint (TFEQ-R18) 0.395 <0.001
Uncontrolled eating (TFEQ-R18) 0.251 <0.001
Emotional eating (TFEQ-R18) 0.275 <0.001
Drive for thinness (EDI) 0.350 <0.001
Bulimia (EDI) 0.184 0.005
Body dissatisfaction (EDI) 0.089 0.179
Ineffectiveness (EDI) 0.066 0.317
Perfectionism (EDI) 0.070 0.289
Interpersonal distrust (EDI) 0.096 0.147
Interoceptive awareness (EDI) 0.166 0.012
Maturity fear (EDI) 0.049 0.464
Total physical activity (IPAQ) -0.043 0.515
Hoarding (OCI-R) 0.129 0.050
Ordering (OCI-R) 0.218 0.001
Mental neutralizing (OCI-R) 0.213 0.001
Washing (OCI-R) 0.149 0.023
Obsessing (OCI-R) 0.217 0.001
Checking (OCI-R) 0.218 0.001
Total OCI-R 0.253 <0.001

DOS: Düsseldorf Orthorexia Scale; TFEQ-R18: Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire; EDI: Eating Disorder Inventory; IPAQ: International Physical Activity Questionnaire; OCI-R: Obsessive Compulsive Inventory—Revised. Post-hoc analysis: cluster 1 vs. cluster 3 p = 0.003. Numbers in bold indicate significant p-values.