Table 1.
Comparison of groups on study variables
Eating disorder risk classification | |||||||
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Total sample (n = 830) | No (n = 697) | Yes (n = 133) | |||||
Variable | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | d [95% CI] |
BMI | 20.16 | 2.40 | 20.04 | 2.41 | 20.82 | 2.20 | 0.33 [0.14, 0.51] |
Eating inflexibility | 30.70 | 7.11 | 29.91 | 6.87 | 34.88 | 6.91 | 0.72 [0.53, 0.91] |
Psychological distress | 11.71 | 4.32 | 11.00 | 3.87 | 15.45 | 4.64 | 1.11 [0.92, 1.31] |
Loss of control over eating | 13.34 | 5.51 | 12.34 | 4.88 | 18.59 | 5.68 | 1.25 [1.05, 1.45] |
Body image inflexibility | 11.59 | 6.30 | 10.11 | 5.10 | 19.35 | 6.29 | 1.74 [1.53, 1.95] |
Body dissatisfaction | 34.60 | 9.13 | 33.61 | 8.79 | 39.79 | 9.16 | 0.70 [0.51, 0.89] |
Emotional over eating | 2.18 | 0.92 | 2.06 | 0.88 | 2.83 | 0.87 | 0.88 [0.69, 1.07] |
M = mean, SD = standard deviation, d = Cohen’s d, CI = confidence interval. The classification of “Yes” stands for groups classified with high risk of EDs, and “No” stands for groups classified with low risk of EDs