Table 5.

Linear regression predicting barriers to medication adherence in all samples (N = 501)

Dependent variable	Adjusted R2	F	R2 change	Independent variables	β	[95% CI]
Barriers	0.05	3.181***	0.07***
				Women	−0.062	[−7.226; 1.284]
				Age	0.161**	[0.121; 0.514]
				Educational level	−0.043	[−0.844; 0.296]
				Unmarried	0.009	[−3.651; 4.435]
				BMI	−0.063	[−0.467; 0.079]
				Obesity onset <15	−0.078	[−7.806; 0.854]
				Medical comorbidities	0.078	[−0.573; 7.924]
				Psychiatric disorder2	0.107*	[0.879; 10.631]
				BED diagnosis	0.028	[−4.503; 7.856]
				BES total score	0.030	[−0.214; 0.362]
				GSI-K9	0.069	[−1.440; 5.898]
				TAS-20 total score	0.042	[−0.111; 0.256]

Note: ^* = p < 0.05; ^**= p < 0.01; DF: ¹12:488; ²Excluding binge eating disorder diagnosis

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; BES, Binge Eating Scale; GSI-9-K, global severity index of the Symptom Checklist-K-9; TAS-20, Toronto Alexithymia Scale