Table 1.
Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) scores in vegetarians, vegans, and omnivores.
| Total (n = 1271) |
Vegetarian (n = 278) |
Vegan (n = 580) |
Omnivore (n = 413) |
Statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global | 9.54 (10.52) | 9.80 (10.72) | 10.47 (11.34) | 8.07 (8.92) | F(2,1268) = 6.41, p = 0.002, η2 = 0.01 * |
| Clinical cut-off | |||||
| ≥20% (n) 1 | 13.77 (175) | 14.03 (39) | 17.42 (101) | 8.48 (35) | χ2(2) = 16.26, p < 0.001 ** |
| ≥11% (n) 2 | 28.95 (368) | 32.37 (90) | 31.55 (183) | 23.00 (95) | χ2(2) = 10.60, p = 0.005 * |
| Dieting | 6.18 (7.01) | 6.36 (7.23) | 6.75 (7.44) | 5.24 (6.09) | F(2,1268) = 5.75, p = 0.003, η2 = 0.009 * |
| Bulimia | 1.55 (2.92) | 1.55 (2.95) | 1.83 (3.13) | 1.18 (2.52) | F(2,1268) = 6.02, p = 0.002, η2 = 0.009 * |
| Oral Control | 1.81 (2.45) | 1.89 (2.62) | 1.89 (2.57) | 1.65 (2.14) | F(2,1268) = 1.31, p = 0.270, η2 = 0.002 |
Note. M(SD) reported for ordinal variables. 1 Cut-off score proposed by Garner et al. [6]. 2 Cut-off score proposed by Orbitello et al. [44]. Between-subjects one-way ANOVA with main effect of dietary group (e.g., vegetarian, vegan, omnivore) were used to evaluate dependent variables; η2 = eta-squared; Chi-Square Test of Independence were used to evaluate the distribution of dietary group on clinical cut-off scores; statistics column relates to omnibus tests (all levels for categorical row variables); values for EAT-26 were generated using imputed datasets. Bulimia = Bulimia and Food Preoccupation subscale. * p = 0.01, ** p < 0.001.