Test-retest reliability of the eating disorder examination-questionnaire (EDE-Q) in a college sample

Table 2 EDE-Q means (standard deviation) for continuous measures and percentages (N) for binary ED behavior occurrence at time 1 and time 2

	Full sample (N = 91)		Men (N = 47)		Women (N = 44)
Measure	Time 1	Time 2	Time 1	Time 2	Time 1	Time 2
Restraint	1.24 (1.14)	1.08 (1.17)	1.07 (1.09)	0.87 (1.14)	1.41 (1.16)	1.30 (1.18)
Eating Concern^a	0.65 (0.95)	0.63 (0.96)	0.37 (0.68)	0.37 (0.60)	0.94 (1.11)	0.90 (1.18)
Shape Concern^a	1.80 (1.36)	1.69 (1.44)	1.35 (1.24)	1.30 (1.29)	2.27 (1.33)	2.09 (1.49)
Weight Concern^a	1.39 (1.35)	1.33 (1.45)	0.97 (1.07)	0.93 (1.21)	1.84 (1.48)	1.75 (1.86)
Global EDE-Q^a	1.27 (1.05)	1.18 (1.12)	0.95 (0.85)	0.87 (0.92)	1.62 (1.14)	1.51 (1.22)
ED Behavior Frequency
OBEs	1.71 (4.14)	2.05 (6.29)	1.07 (2.76)	0.90 (1.80)	2.41 (5.19)	3.24 (8.70)
OBE days^b	2.02 (4.28)	2.41 (4.41)	1.11 (2.75)	2.08 (3.34)	2.98 (5.31)	2.76 (5.33)
OO episodes^a	4.31 (7.41)	3.82 (6.98)	5.83 (9.10)	5.93 (9.12)	2.71 (4.66)	1.77 (2.71)
Vomiting	0.42 (3.12)	0.44 (3.19)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.86 (4.45)	0.91 (4.55)
Laxative use	0.00 (0.00)	0.01 (0.11)	0.00 (0.00)	0.02 (0.15)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)
Excessive exercise	5.02 (8.32)	2.97 (5.94)	5.60 (9.37)	2.78 (6.15)	4.43 (7.15)	3.15 (5.78)
ED Behaviors composite score	2.61 (3.34)	2.72 (4.09)	2.74 (3.42)	2.84 (3.30)	2.47 (3.30)	2.59 (4.82)
ED Behavior Occurrence
OBEs	28.6% (26)	37.4% (34)	21.3% (10)	29.8% (14)	36.4% (16)	45.5% (20)
OBE days^b	35.2% (32)	47.3% (43)	23.4% (11)	42.6% (20)	47.7% (21)	53.5% (23)
OO episodes^c	56.0% (51)	60.4% (55)	63.8% (30)	70.2% (33)	47.7% (21)	50.0% (22)
Vomiting	2.2% (2)	2.2% (2)	0% (0)	0% (0)	4.5% (2)	4.7% (2)
Laxative use	0% (0)	1.1% (1)	0% (0)	2.2% (1)	0% (0)	0% (0)
Excessive exercise^c	45.1% (41)	35.2% (32)	40.0% (18)	25.0% (11)	52.3% (23)	48.8% (21)

^aSignificant gender differences at both time points. ^bSignificantly gender difference at Time 1 only.
^cSignificantly gender difference at Time 2 only.

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