Table 2.
Female beach handball (BH) players descriptive and comparison different EAT-26 subscales (junior vs. senior).
| JUNIOR (n = 18) | SENIOR (n = 15) | ANCOVA Comparison (Adjusting by BMI) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | Mean Difference | df | t | p | np2 | |||
| BMI | 22.5 | 2.28 | 22.8 | 2.75 | |||||||
| EAT-26 total score | 7.67 | ± | 7.96 | 8.40 | ± | 6.94 | −0.487 | 30.0 | −0.192 | 0.849 | 0.001 |
| EAT-26 Dieting | 3.72 | ± | 4.28 | 4.53 | ± | 4.60 | −0.624 | 30.0 | −0.433 | 0.668 | 0.005 |
| EAT-26 Bulimia and Food Preoccupation | 1.33 | ± | 1.78 | 1.33 | ± | 1.54 | 0.0148 | 30.0 | 0.0249 | 0.980 | 0.000 |
| EAT-26 Oral Control | 2.61 | ± | 3.05 | 2.53 | ± | 2.26 | 0.122 | 30.0 | 0.128 | 0.899 | 0.001 |
BMI = body mass index; SD = standard deviation; EAT-26 = eating attitudes test-26; mean differences were significant at p < 0.05; np2 = partial eta (effect size); t = t student; df: degrees of freedom.