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Table 4 Odds ratios (and 95% CI) for changes in eating disorder symptoms across adolescence, in relation to time (age), 14-year depression status, and the interaction between time and 14-year depression status, for female participants (n = 703)

From: Eating disorder symptom trajectories in adolescence: effects of time, participant sex, and early adolescent depressive symptoms

 

Binge eating

Purging

Fasting

Dietary rules

Exercise

Time (reference = age 14)

Age 17

0.93

4.07**

1.84**

1.23

1.36**

 

(0.78 - 1.11)

(2.69 - 6.16)

(1.49 - 2.27)

(1.00 - 1.50)

(1.15 - 1.62)

Age 20

1.22**

4.23**

1.24

0.98

1.75**

 

(1.01 - 1.47)

(2.78 - 6.43)

(0.97 - 1.58)

(0.81 - 1.19)

(1.44 - 2.11)

Depression at age 14 (reference = no depression)

Mild or greater

3.54**

3.29**

2.89**

1.25

1.40

 

(2.18 - 5.75)

(2.14 - 5.09)

(1.99 - 4.18)

(0.90 - 1.73)

(0.98 - 2.01)

Time x depression (reference = age 14, no depression)

Age 17 x 14-year

0.51**

0.39**

0.40**

0.84

0.71

depression

(0.30 - 0.88)

(0.16 - 0.97)

(0.23 - 0.70)

(0.47 - 1.50)

(0.37 - 1.36)

Age 20 x 14-year

0.41**

0.21**

0.43**

0.43*

0.48

depression

(0.21 - 0.82)

(0.08 - 1.85)

(0.22 - 0.84)

(0.28 - 0.82)

(0.24 - 0.97)

  1. * p < .05 ** p < .01
  2. Note. Models are adjusted for body mass index and family income. The effective sample size with these covariates was n = 697 for models with time only and n = 619 for models with depression. Interaction effects are summarised in Figures 1 and 2.