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. 2021 Jun 26;27(3):1131–1140. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01232-2

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the sample (N = 721)

Variables
Age, M ± SD 24.13 ± 3.70
Females, N (%) 504 (69.9)
Occupation
 Employed, N (%) 195 (27.1)
 Unemployed, N (%) 47 (6.5)
Students, N (%) 479 (66.4)
Married or living with partner, N (%) 84 (11.7)
Educational level > 13 years, N (%) 316 (43.8)
Tobacco use in the last 12 months, N (%) 311 (43.1)
Substance use in the last 12 months*, N (%) 161 (22.3)
CAGE total score, M ± SD 0.45 ± 0.86
CAGE ≥ 2, N (%) 94 (13.0)
Self-reported BMI, M ± SD 22.10 ± 3.28
BMI < 18.5 kg/m2, N (%) 77 (10.7)
BMI between 18.50 and 24.99 kg/m2, N (%) 534 (74.1)
BMI between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2, N (%) 95 (13.2)
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, N (%) 15 (2.1)
BSMAS total score, M ± SD 14.21 ± 5.47
BSMAS ≥ 19, N (%) 154 (21.4)
EAT-26 total score, M ± SD 10.08 ± 12.93
EAT-26 ≥ 20, N (%) 120 (16.6)
MDDI total score, M ± SD 23.33 ± 7.65
MDDI > 39, N (%) 26 (3.6)
BSI-GSI, M ± SD 0.97 ± 0.70
BSI cut-off**, N (%) 170 (23.6)

M mean, SD standard deviation, CAGE Cut-Annoyed-Guilty-Eye (CAGE) questionnaire, BMI body mass index, BSMAS Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, MDDI Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory, EAT-26 Eating Attitudes Test-26, BSI-GSI Brief Symptom Inventory-Global severity Index

*Number of individual who reported that the most relevantly use psychoactive substance in the previous years was one of the following: cannabis, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, amphetamines, tranquillizers, other substances different from alcohol, nicotine and caffeine

**63 T score on the GSI or in two primary BSI dimensions