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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2020 Dec 5;68(2):277–283. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.11.011

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Participant Characteristics, by Eating to Cope with the Pandemic

   
 Stratified by Overeating to Cope with the Pandemic
 Stratified by Unhealthy Food Intake to Cope with the Pandemic
Pooled Sample (N=1820) No (n=1257) Yes (n=563) p-Value for Test of Group Differences No (n=1183) Yes (n=637) p-Value for Test of Group Differences
Female gender, N (%) 1119 (61%) 728 (58%) 391 (69%) <.001 686 (58%) 433 (68%) <.001
Age, mean (SD), years 19.72(0.46) 19.73(0.47) 19.68(0.44) .07 19.73(0.47) 19.68(0.43) .03
Ethnicity, Hispanic, N (%) 981 (54%) 671 (53%) 309 (55%) .54 645 (55%) 336 (53%) .44
Race, White, N (%) 1223 (67%)
Baseline weight, mean
(SD), lbs		 155.00(41.44) 154.14(39.59) 156.91(45.28) 21 154.73(40.64) 155.48(42.92) .71
Baseline depression, mean (SD) 9.63(6.34) 9.07(6.25) 10.88(6.35) <.001 9.00(6.26) 10.81(6.31) <.001

Note. P-value for omnibus group differences from χ2 (categorical variable) or t (continuous variable) test; Depressive symptoms measured by Center for Epidemiologic Depression Scale – 10 item measure of past week symptoms from 0 (never) – 3 (yxx) sum (range; 0– 30).