An investigation of objective and subjective types of binge eating episodes in a clinical sample of people with co-morbid obesity

Table 2 Comparative clinical features of the Objective Binge Eating Episode (OBE) and Subjective Binge Eating Episode (SBE) groups

	SBE (n = 14)	OBE (n = 56)	p
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Binge Eating Scale	30.21 (6.72)	31.32 (7.47)	0.615^h
Beck Depression Inventory^a	20.00 (7.98)	21.57 (10.30)	0.621^h
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	37.81 (4.48)	37.05 (3.72)	0.512^h
	n (%)	n (%)
Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus^b (with at least one morbidity)	6 (50)	35 (71)	0.183ⁱ
Presence of markers of loss of control
according to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, Axis I, Patient edition
Rapid eating^c	11 (84.6)	48 (88.9)	0.647ⁱ
Eating until uncomfortably full^d	14 (100)	49 (90.7)	0.575ⁱ
Eating when not hungry^e	14 (100)	51 (98.1)	1.000ⁱ
Eating alone^f	6 (42.9)	37 (68.5)	0.076^j
Feeling guilty^g	14 (100)	48 (90.6)	0.576ⁱ

^aBDI: SBE (n = 12); ^bMINI-Plus: OBE(n = 49); SBE(n = 12); ^cRapid eating: OBE(n = 54); SBE(n = 13); ^dEating until uncomfortably full: OBE(n = 54); ^eEating when not hungry: OBE(n = 52); ^fEating alone: OBE(n = 54); ^gFeeling guilty: OBE(n = 53); ^ht-Test; ⁱFisher Exact Test; ^jChi-square Test.

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