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. 2022 Apr 11;10:48. doi: 10.1186/s40337-022-00574-1

Table 4.

Assessment of perception of one’s own body and self and nutritional behavior, as well as the risk of anorexic readiness in the BGA group and in the K group

Assessment BGA
n = 60
K
n = 60
p
Mean ± SD Min–max Mean ± SD Min–max
Perception of one’s own body and self
Amount of points (max. 8) 5.02 ± 1.26 2.0–8.0 4.43 ± 1.14 2.0–7.0 0.047*
Cohen's d effect size = 0.491
Rigorousness in the perception of one's own body and self [%]
 Lower 10% 22% 0.073** 0.080**
 Medium 57% 60% 0.711**
 Higher 33% 18% 0.061**
Eating behavior
Amount of points (max. 8) 6.15 ± 1.11 3.0–8.0 5.60 ± 1.38 2.0–8.0 0.033*
Cohen's d effect size = 0.439
Severity of unhealthy eating behavior (%)
 Lower 10% 20% 0.093** 0.125**
 Medium 48% 55% 0.583**
 Higher 42% 25% 0.079**
Anorexic readiness risk assessment
Amount of points (max.16) 11.17 ± 2.06 5.0–16.0 10.03 ± 1.98 4.0–15.0 0.001*
Cohen's d effect size = 0.564
Risk of anorexic readiness (%)
 Lower 3% 3% 0.013** 1.000**
 Medium 52% 77% 0.004**
 Higher 45% 20% 0.003**

*The Mann–Whitney U test, **The Pearson’s chi-square test; p ≤ 0.1—statistical tendency, p ≤ 0.05—statistical significance