TABLE 2.
Mean total EAT-26 and subscale scores according to type of sport and gender.
| Female athletes | Ball (n = 161) | Esthetic (n = 81) | Weight (n = 12) | Endurance (n = 46) | Technical (n = 24) | Power (n = 6) | Kruskal–Wallis | P |
| (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | |||
| EAT26 | 66 | 9.39 | 8.56.4 | 10.26.1 | 9.111.2 | 7.73.3 | 27.3 | 1 < 2**; |
| 1 < 4***; | ||||||||
| 3 > 1*; | ||||||||
| 2 < 4**; | ||||||||
| 4 > 5 * | ||||||||
| Dieting | 34 | 6.16.5 | 35.1 | 5.44.3 | 5.68.1 | 4.82.7 | 31.7 | 2 > 1 < 4***; |
| 1 < 6 > 3*; | ||||||||
| 2 > 3 < 4** | ||||||||
| Bulimia | 0.81.5 | 12.2 | 3.82.6 | 1.62 | 1.42.4 | 1.21.2 | 30.7 | 1 < 3 > 5***; |
| 1 < 4**; | ||||||||
| 2 < 4**; | ||||||||
| 2 < 3 > 4**; | ||||||||
| 1 < 3 > 5*** | ||||||||
| Oral control | 2.22.5 | 2.22.4 | 1.71.5 | 3.33.1 | 2.12.2 | 1.70.5 | 6.5 | 1 < 4*; |
| 2 < 4** | ||||||||
| Male athletes | Ball (n = 165) | Esthetic (n = 31) | Weight (n = 10) | Endurance (n = 75) | Technical (n = 24) | Power (n = 11) | Kruskal–Wallis | P |
| (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | (M ± SD) | |||
| EAT26 | 5.66.4 | 4.83.5 | 75 | 6.36.7 | 43.1 | 4.74 | 3.7 | – |
| Dieting | 2.53.8 | 1.92.7 | 2.72.3 | 3.14.3 | 22.4 | 1.72.7 | 4.9 | – |
| Bulimia | 0.91.8 | 0.71.5 | 1.83 | 1.42.1 | 0.20.5 | 0.81.1 | 15.1 | 1 < 4**; |
| 2 < 4*; | ||||||||
| 3 > 5 < 1*; | ||||||||
| 4 > 5*** | ||||||||
| Oral Control | 2.22.4 | 2.22.3 | 2.51.6 | 1.72.1 | 1.81.7 | 2.23 | 4.9 | – |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
Ball, ball sports; Esthetic, esthetic sports; Weight, weight category sports; Endurance, endurance sports; Technical, technical sports; Power, power sports; Dieting, dieting scale; Bulimia, bulimia and food preoccupation scale; Oral control, oral control scale.