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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Disord. 2021 May 19;29(3):208–225. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2021.1921326

Table 3.

Association of childhood trauma exposure with adult DE symptoms, by trauma type

No trauma
M (SD)
Any Trauma
M (SD)
MR
(95% CI)
Sexual Trauma
M (SD)
MR
(95% CI)
Violent Trauma
M (SD)
MR
(95% CI)
Other Trauma Exposure
M (SD)
MR
(95% CI)
Mean AN sx 0.15 (0.40) 0.17 (0.46) 1.1
(0.7–1.9)
0.16 (0.34) 0.8
(0.4–1.7)
0.19 (0.48) 1.2
(0.6–2.5)
0.16 (0.45) 1.1
(0.6–1.9)
Mean BN sx 0.29 (0.57) 0.35 (0.56) 1.3
(0.9–1.7)
0.41 (0.55) 1.2
(0.8–1.8)
0.34 (0.49) 1.2
(0.8–1.7)
0.35 (0.56) 1.2
(0.9–1.7)
Mean Assoc. sx 0.31 (0.53) 0.43 (0.52) 1.4*
(1.0–1.8)
0.41 (0.49) 1.1
(0.8–1.6)
0.43 (0.49) 1.3
(1.0–1.8)
0.44 (0.53) 1.4*
(1.0–1.9)

Note. AN = Anorexia nervosa, Associated symptoms = Sustained appetite change, preoccupation with food/eating, BN = Bulimia nervosa, DE = Disordered eating, MR = Mean ratio, Sx = Symptoms. Values adjusted for sex, race, and family SES. Reference group for all analyses is no trauma.

p = .05

*

p < .05