Table 1.
Differences in sociodemographic characteristics between the HIGH, HIGH-D and LOW-D groups
| HIGH (1) n = 40 |
HIGH-D (2) n = 52 |
LOW-D (3) n = 41 |
F or CHI and sign (p) |
Partial η2 | Bonferroni post-hoc comparison (p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) |
20.78 (2.71) |
42.68 (13.41) |
47.87 (12.18) |
71.48(2) (< .001) |
.53 | 1 < 2;3 (< .001) |
| School Years |
14.77 (1.37) |
14.16 (3.24) |
14.21 (3.10) |
.651(2) (n.s.) |
.01 | n.s |
|
BMI (kg/ m2) (SD) |
21.30 (2.11) |
24.10 (5.89) |
25.37 (5.05) |
7.69(2) (< .001) |
.11 | 1 < 2;3 (< .05) |
|
Gender Female n (%) |
20 (50%) |
28 (53.85%) |
24 (58.54%) |
.597(2) (n.s.) |
- | - |
|
Medical Diagnosis n (%) |
2 (5%) |
16 (30.8%) |
9 (22%) |
10.29(2) (< .01) |
- | - |
| Eating Habits n (%) | ||||||
|
Mostly Mediterranean Unconventional Diet Not Specificated Missing Values |
37 (92.5%) 3 (7.5%) |
2 (3.8%) 49 (94.2%) 1 (1.9%) |
41 (100%) |
109.53(6) (< .001) |
- | - |
| Eating Habits followed since n (%) | ||||||
|
Always followed From 11 to 15 years From 6 to 10 years From 1 to 5 years From 1 year or less Missing Values |
27 (67.5%) 1 (2.5%) - 3 (7.5%) 2 (5.0%) 7 (17.5%) |
2 (2.8%) 1 (1.9%) 6 (11.5%) 5 (9.6%) 35 (67.3%) 3 (5.8%) |
- 2 (4.9%) 2 (4.9%) 3 (7.3%) 32 (78%) 2 (4.9%) |
90.29(10) (< .001) |
- | - |
|
Food Intolerance n (%) |
7 (17.5%) |
13 (25%) |
3 (7.3%) |
.84(2) (n.s.) |
- | - |
|
Food Avoidance n (%) |
23 (57.5%) |
44 (84.6%) |
24 (58.5%) |
11.67(2) (< .01) |
- | - |
HIGH High Orthorexic Tendencies, HIGH-D High Orthorexic Tendencies on Diet, LOW-D Low Orthorexic Tendencies on Diet, BMI Body Mass Index, SD Standard Deviation