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Mean and standard deviation for men and women in function of sexual orientation and symptom
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To men | To women | Total | ||||
| Mean | DT | Mean | DT | Mean | DT | |
| Drive for thinness | ||||||
| Men | 8.6 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| Women | 6.2 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| Total | 7.0 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Body dissatisfaction | ||||||
| Men | 3.9 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| Women | 6.4 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| Total | 5.6 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Bulimia | ||||||
| Men | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| Women | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
| Total | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
