Table 3.
Demographic characteristics, ED characteristics and social networking about thin-ideal of the total sample (N = 598 unless otherwise noted)
| Total | Clinical ED (n= 142) |
Subclinical ED (n= 358) |
No ED (n=98) |
p-value | Pairwise comparisons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) or Mean [SD] | ||||||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Gender (n=548) | <0.001 | |||||
| Male | 29 (4.85) | 0 | 18 (5.03) | 11 (11.22) | No ED > Clinical ED | |
| Female | 462 (77.26) | 129 (90.85) | 259 (72.38) | 74 (75.51) | -- | |
| Transgender | 57 (9.53) | 5 (3.52) | 48 (13.41) | 4 (4.08) | Subclinical ED > No ED | |
| Age in years (n=541) | 19.77 [5.03] | 20.95 [4.04] | 19.29 [4.87] | 19.74 [5.47] | 0.006 | Clinical ED > Subclinical ED |
| Race (n=543) | 0.253 | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 413 (69.06) | 102 (71.83) | 242 (67.60) | 69 (70.41) | -- | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 35 (5.85) | 4 (2.82) | 28 (7.82) | 3 (3.06) | -- | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 35 (5.85) | 7 (4.93) | 22 (6.15) | 6 (6.12) | -- | |
| Other | 60 (10.03) | 19 (13.38) | 30 (8.36) | 11 11.22) | -- | |
| Enrolled as a student (n=548) | 418 (69.90) | 87 (61.27) | 262 (73.18) | 69 (70.41) | 0.005 | Subclinical ED > Clinical ED |
| Employed (n=548) | 272 (45.48) | 77 (54.23) | 158 (44.13) | 37 (37.76) | 0.107 | -- |
| Annual household income (n=532) | 0.021 | |||||
| <$25,000 | 178 (29.77) | 39 (27.46) | 119 (33.34) | 20 (20.41) | Subclinical ED > Clinical ED, No ED | |
| $25,000 to $49, 999 | 119 (19.90) | 38 (26.76) | 67 (18.72) | 14 (14.29) | -- | |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 96 (16.05) | 22 (15.49) | 56 (15.64) | 18 (18.37) | -- | |
| ≥$75,000 | 139 (23.24) | 33 (23.24) | 74 (20.67) | 32 (32.65) | Subclinical ED > Clinical ED, No ED | |
| Recruited from… | <0.001 | |||||
| 277 (46.32) | 30 (21.13) | 187 (52.23) | 60 (61.22) | No ED, Subclinical ED > Clinical ED | ||
| 149 (24.92) | 62 (43.66) | 77 (21.51) | 10 (10.20) | Clinical ED > Subclinical ED > No ED | ||
| 107 (17.89) | 28 (19.72) | 55 (15.36) | 24 (24.49) | No ED > Subclinical ED | ||
| 65 (10.87) | 22 (15.49) | 39 (10.89) | 4 (4.08) | Clinical ED, Subclinical ED > No ED | ||
| ED characteristics | ||||||
| Treatment status (n=576) | <0.001 | |||||
| Received treatment in the past six months | 74 (12.37) | 32 (22.54) | 36 (10.06) | 6 (6.12) | Clinical ED > Subclinical ED, No ED | |
| Received treatment at some point in the life | 99 (16.56) | 33 (23.24) | 55 (15.36) | 11(11.22) | Clinical ED > No ED | |
| Never received treatment | 403 (67.39) | 77 (54.23) | 246 (68.72) | 80 (81.63) | No ED, Subclinical ED > Clinical ED | |
| Social networking about thin-ideal in past month on any social media platform | ||||||
| Saw this content | 577 (96.49) | 139 (97.89) | 346 (96.65) | 92 (93.88) | 0.244 | -- |
| Posted this content (n=597) | 429 (71.74) | 118 (83.10) | 259 (72.35) | 52 (53.06) | <0.001 | Clinical ED > Subclinical E > No ED |
| Followed accounts posting this content (n=597) | 567 (94.82) | 138 (97.18) | 338 (94.41) | 91 (92.86) | 0.539 | -- |
| Number of social media platforms on which they saw this content | 4.38 [2.17] | 4.68 [2.06] | 4.32 [2.11] | 4.18 [2.52] | 0.155 | -- |
| Number of social media platforms on which they posted this content (n=597) | 1.72 [1.65] | 2.11 [1.67] | 1.72 [1.61] | 1.17 [1.59] | <0.001 | Clinical ED, Subclinical ED > No ED |
| Number of social media platforms on which they followed this content (n=597) | 3.12 [1.89] | 3.50 [1.84] | 3.11 [1.86] | 2.58 [1.98] | 0.001 | Clinical ED > No ED |
Note: Pairwise comparisons listed were significant at least at p <0.05.