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Table 2 Demographics by probable eating disorder diagnosis or risk level

From: Prevalence, characteristics, and correlates of probable avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder among adult respondents to the National Eating Disorders Association online screen: a cross-sectional study

 

ARFID

AN

BN

BED

PD

UFED

At risk

Low/no risk

Significance

Agea, n (%)

p < 0.01, V = 0.08

18–24

1348 (56.7%)

1410 (62.0%)

6548 (43.9%)

1739 (23.8%)

392 (45.2%)

6368 (42.0%)

1741 (36.3%)

892 (37.5%)

25–34

703 (29.6%)

425 (18.7%)

4534 (30.4%)

2383 (32.6%)

215 (24.8%)

4318 (28.5%)

1332 (27.7%)

642 (27.0%)

35–44

171 (7.2%)

212 (9.3%)

2054 (13.8%)

1518 (20.8%)

145 (16.7%)

2105 (13.9%)

761 (15.9%)

347 (14.6%)

45–54

66 (2.8%)

116 (5.1%)

1064 (7.1%)

903 (12.4%)

75 (8.6%)

1314 (8.7%)

515 (10.7%)

251 (10.6%)

55–64

45 (1.9%)

67 (2.9%)

521 (3.5%)

537 (7.4%)

30 (3.5%)

710 (4.7%)

291 (6.1%)

165 (6.9%)

65 + 

45 (1.9%)

43 (1.9%)

190 (1.3%)

222 (3.1%)

11 (1.2%)

357 (2.4%)

161 (3.4%)

80 (3.4%)

Genderb, n (%)

p < 0.01, V = 0.05

Female

1808 (76.0%)

2014 (88.6%)

12,894 (86.5%)

6494 (88.9%)

775 (89.3%)

12,551 (82.7%)

4149 (86.4%)

1808 (76.4%)

Male

349 (14.7%)

99 (4.4%)

1273 (8.5%)

548 (7.5%)

41 (4.7%)

1712 (11.3%)

413 (8.6%)

454 (19.2%)

Non-binary

147 (6.2%)

87 (3.8%)

502 (3.4%)

167 (2.3%)

36 (4.1%)

614 (4.0%)

149 (3.1%)

53 (2.2%)

Other

66 (2.8%)

57 (2.5%)

221 (1.5%)

81 (1.1%)

14 (1.6%)

260 (1.7%)

74 (1.5%)

50 (2.1%)

Racec, n (%)

p < 0.01, V = 0.04

White

1793 (75.4%)

1794 (78.9%)

11,532 (77.3%)

6192 (84.8%)

700 (80.6%)

12,152 (80.1%)

3736 (77.8%)

1844 (78.5%)

Black

151 (6.3%)

49 (2.2%)

726 (4.9%)

242 (3.3%)

26 (3.0%)

682 (4.5%)

223 (4.6%)

128 (5.5%)

Asian

108 (4.5%)

141 (6.2%)

695 (4.7%)

188 (2.6%)

37 (4.3%)

626 (4.1%)

247 (5.1%)

123 (5.2%)

Multiracial

152 (6.4%)

139 (6.1%)

735 (4.9%)

287 3.9%)

46 (5.3%)

691 (4.6%)

221 (4.6%)

97 (4.1%)

Other

153 (6.5%)

105 (4.6%)

1105 (7.4%)

346 (4.8%)

55 (6.3%)

904 (6.0%)

311 (6.5%)

156 (6.6%)

Ethnicityd, n (%)

p < 0.01, V = 0.04

Hispanic

326 (13.7%)

234 (10.3%)

2277 (15.3%)

769 (10.5%)

108 (12.4%)

1801 (11.9%)

605 (12.6%)

271 (11.5%)

Non-Hispanic

2039 (85.7%)

2009 (88.4%)

12,567 (84.3%)

6504 (89.1%)

757 (87.2%)

13,290 (87.6%)

4152 (86.5%)

2083 (88.5%)

Incomee, n (%)

p < 0.01, V = 0.04

 < $20 k

487 (20.5%)

394 (17.3%)

2347 (15.7%)

764 (10.5%)

156 (18.0%)

2380 (15.7%)

624 (13.0%)

318 (13.9%)

$20 k-59,999

829 (34.8%)

640 (28.1%)

4557 (30.6%)

2066 (28.3%)

250 (28.8%)

4271 (28.2%)

1211 (25.2%)

554 (24.2%)

$60 k-99,999

486 (20.4%)

479 (21.1%)

3288 (22.1%)

1903 (26.0%)

189 (21.7%)

3427 (22.5%)

1086 (22.6%)

557 (24.3%)

$100 k-150 k + 

499 (21.0%)

643 (28.2%)

4322 (29.0%)

2379 (32.6%)

249 (28.7%)

4599 (30.3%)

1674 (34.9%)

861 (37.6%)

  1. Pairwise comparisons were conducted following significant Chi-square tests
  2. aRespondents with possible ARFID were more likely to be aged 18–24 than all other diagnostic/risk categories except those with AN
  3. bRespondents with possible ARFID were more likely to be male and less likely to be female than all other diagnostic/risk categories except those with low/no ED risk
  4. cThey were less likely to be White, and more likely to be Black or African American than all other diagnostic/risk groups
  5. dThey were also more likely to be Hispanic/Latino than all diagnostic/risk groups except those with BN
  6. eThey were more likely to have lower household income (< $20,000 and $20,000–59,999) than all other diagnostic/risk categories
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