Table 3.

Binge-eating episodes at admission and at 6-month follow-up in patients with severe obesity exposed and not (controls) to COVID-19 lockdown. Data are presented for completers.

	Admission		6-Month Follow-Up
	Lockdown Patients (n = 71)	Control Patients (n = 77)	Lockdown Patients (n = 71)	Control Patients (n = 77)	Chi-Squared Test; p-Value between Groups	Sign Test; p-Value within Groups
Objective binge-eating episodes, n (%) No episodes Fewer than 1 episode per week 1 episode per week 2–3 episodes per week 4–7 episodes per week 8–13 episodes per week 14 or more episodes per week	24 (33.8) 16 (22.5) 17 (23.9) 8 (11.3) 6 (8.5) 0 0	23 (30.3) 15 (19.7) 16 (21.1) 10 (13.2) 11 (14.5) 0 1 (1.3)	58 (81.7) 6 (8.5) 3 (4.2) 2 (2.8) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.4) 0	66 (86.8) 6 (7.9) 2 (2.6) 2 (2.6) 0 0 0	Admission: 2.61; 0.760   6-month follow-up: 2.55; 0.769	Lockdown: 5.18; <0.001   Control: 6.72; <0.001