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. 2023 Mar 3;28(1):28. doi: 10.1007/s40519-023-01555-2

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and clinical data of the sample (N = 755)

Age—M ± SD 28.22 ± 9.99
Women—N (%) 543 (71.92)
Occupation
 Unemployed—N (%) 73 (9.67)
 Students—N (%) 418 (55.36)
 Employed—N (%) 264 (34.97)
Educational achievement
 Primary or secondary school—N (%) 16 (2.12)
 College—N (%) 405 (53.64)
 Graduation—N (%) 334 (44.24)
Substance use in the last 12 monthsa—N (%) 97 (12.85)
Tobacco use in the last 12 months—N (%) 265 (35.10)
BMI—M ± SD 22.63 ± 3.93
 Underweight 71 (9.40)
 Normal weight 533 (70.60)
 Overweight 117 (15.50)
 Obesity 34 (4.50)
DES II—M ± SD 13.62 ± 12.20
 Absorption—M ± SD 19.00 ± 14.89
 Compartmentalization—M ± SD 5.97 ± 9.97
 Detachment—M ± SD 7.09 ± 12.90
 DES II > 29—N (%) 71 (9.40)
mYFAS 2.0—M ± SD 1.09 ± 2.05
 Food addiction—N (%) 75 (9.93)
EAT-26—M ± SD 10.99 ± 13.38
 EAT-26 ≥ 20—N (%) 128 (16.65)
CAGE—M ± SD 0.44 ± 0.88
 CAGE ≥ 2—N (%) 94 (12.45)
BSI
 GSI—M ± SD 1.08 ± 0.77
 BSI cut-off—N (%) 204 (27.02)

BMI  Body Mass Index, DES II  Dissociative Experiences Scale II total score, mYFAS 2.0  modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 total score; EAT-26  Eating Attitude Test-26 total score, CAGE  cut-down/annoyed/guilty/open-eye questionnaire total score, BSI  Brief Symptom Inventory, GSI  Global Severity Index score of the BSI

aNumber of individuals who reported that the most frequently used psychoactive substance in the previous year was one of the following: cannabis, cocaine, heroin or other opiates, hallucinogens, amphetamines or other psychostimulants, tranquillizers, other substances different from alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, and hyper caloric food