Table 2.
Cohort composition for obesity and no obesity categories by age, BMI and EAT-26 scores
| BMI | Wilcoxon two-sample test | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | No obesity (BMI < 30) | ||||||||||||
| N | Mean | SD | Median | Q1 | Q3 | N | Mean | SD | Median | Q1 | Q3 | ||
| Age | 7687 | 39.64 | 10.16 | 38 | 32 | 47 | 5654 | 35.17 | 9.1 | 34 | 29 | 41 | Z = − 24.84; p < 0.0001 |
| EAT score | 7687 | 13.42 | 8.26 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 5654 | 13.79 | 9.03 | 12 | 7 | 19 | Z = 0.64; p = 0.521 |
| Dieting | 7687 | 10.06 | 5.92 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 5654 | 10.3 | 6.28 | 10 | 5 | 14 | Z = 1.35; p = 0.1774 |
| Bulimia | 7687 | 2.06 | 2.67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5654 | 2 | 2.81 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Z = − 3.84; p = 0.0001 |
| Oral control | 7687 | 1.19 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5654 | 1.41 | 1.97 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Z = 7.80; p < 0.0001 |