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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2021 Sep 7;43:101562. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101562

Table 3.

Means (standard deviations [SD]) for those who reported at least one episode of a disordered eating behavior in the past 3 months for the military/veteran and civilian groups and stratified by gender within group. Results (incidence rate ratios [IRR] and 95% confidence intervals [CI] from negative binomial regression analyses. Significance after correcting for multiple testing using False Discovery Rate (q-values) is indicated.

Disordered Eating Behavior Military/Veteran
Mean (SD)
Civilian
Mean (SD)
IRR (95% CI) q-value
Total Sample
Binge eating 16.9 (24.7) 16.0 (23.9) 1.00 (0.94, 1.06) .941
Vomiting 18.6 (36.7) 16.1 (31.1) 1.10 (0.97, 1.25) .290
Diuretic / laxative use 12.6 (21.1) 12.7 (22.1) 0.94 (0.84, 1.06) .458
Excessive exercise 18.9 (26.5) 15.2 (22.7) 1.19 (1.10, 1.29) <.0001
Fasting 11.9 (20.4) 11.1 (17.0) 1.04 (0.96, 1.13) .458
Female
Binge eating 16.5 (25.0) 16.0 (23.8) 0.99 (0.92, 1.06) .858
Vomiting 18.9 (37.5) 16.2 (31.5) 1.12 (0.97, 1.29) .277
Diuretic / laxative use 11.8 (19.5) 12.7 (22.1) 0.89 (0.78, 1.01) .207
Excessive exercise 17.8 (25.8) 15.2 (22.7) 1.14 (1.04, 1.26) .022
Fasting 12.2 (20.8) 11.1 (17.0) 1.06 (0.96, 1.16) .402
Male
Binge eating 18.2 (22.9) 16.3 (24.4) 1.02 (0.90, 1.16) .824
Vomiting 12.5 (20.4) 14.2 (27.3) 0.75 (0.51, 1.11) .288
Diuretic / laxative use 19.4 (29.4) 12.7 (20.9) 1.25 (0.86, 1.83) .402
Excessive exercise 22.3 (28.5) 16.8 (24.1) 1.31 (1.09, 1.59) .022
Fasting 10.2 (17.8) 10.7 (16.9) 0.98 (0.80, 1.21) .890
Non-binary/Other Gender
Binge eating 18.4 (30.1) 15.6 (24.9) 1.25 (0.73, 1.74) .695
Vomiting 30.5 (55.1) 14.8 (26.5) 2.31 (1.14, 4.71) .069
Diuretic / laxative use 11.4 (26.2) 13.9 (23.8) 0.35 (0.16, 0.81) .051
Excessive exercise 25.2 (27.6) 14.1 (22.4) 1.34 (0.77, 2.33) .443
Fasting 16.4 (24.4) 12.2 (17.6) 1.12 (0.68, 1.82) .749