Table 2.

Distributions of all psychosocial variables

Variable	Frequency (N) (%)
Food addiction
None (≤ 1 symptom or no CS)	1285 (78.1)
Mild (2–3 symptoms and CS)	93 (5.7)
Moderate (4–5 symptoms and CS)	78 (4.7)
Severe (6 + symptoms and CS)	189 (11.5)
ACE Levels
Low (< 4)	1175 (75.8)
High (≥ 4)	376 (24.2)

Variable	Mean ± SD (95% CI)
YFAS symptoms	2.01 ± 2.84 (1.87, 2.15)
ACE score	2.05 ± 2.20 (1.94, 2.16)
PHQ-9 score	9.46 ± 6.57 (9.14, 9.77)
GAD-7 score	8.60 ± 6.07 (8.31, 8.89)
PSS-10 score	20.3 ± 7.07 (19.98, 20.68)

Psychosocial data represented in frequencies and percentages for categorical variables and in means and standard deviations for continuous variables. SD standard deviation, YFAS Yale Food Addiction Scale, CS Clinical Significance, ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire 9-Item, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Item, PSS-10 Perceived Stress Scale-10 Item, CI Confidence Interval