Table 5.

Correlation between sociodemographic characteristics and the MEQ-M (Pearson’s r).

MEQ-M Subscales	Age	BMI	Gender	Education Level	Marital Status	Household Monthly Income
Environmental disinhibition	0.255 **	−0.207 *	0.169 *	−0.026	−0.015	0.082
Emotional response	0.266 **	−0.072	−0.017	0.048	0.018	0.127
Taste awareness	−0.077	0.115	0.125	0.017	0.053	−0.009
Emotion awareness	0.036	0.000	0.060	−0.060	0.006	−0.025
Portion disinhibition	−0.015	0.052	−0.007	0.048	0.038	−0.077
External cues of food	−0.071	0.066	0.137	0.149	−0.048	−0.043
External cues of place	−0.074	0.022	−0.009	0.000	−0.027	−0.104
Summary score	0.104	0.002	0.127	−0.017	0.007	−0.010

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed). * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).