Adolescent risk factors for purging in young women: findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health

Table 3 Multivariable comparison of purging at waves II and III using measures significant at univariable level

Variable	Purging behavior	Coefficient	Std. error	p-value	CI
Weight perception (Likert)	Wave II	0.19	0.47	0.68	-0.74, 1.13
	Wave III	-0.43	0.63	0.49	-1.67, 0.81
	Wave III - Wave II	-0.63	0.74	0.40	-2.09, 0.84
Body mass index	Wave II	0.05	0.04	0.23	-0.03, 0.12
	Wave III	0.09	0.04	0.01	0.02, 0.16
	Wave III - Wave II	0.04	0.06	0.45	-0.07, 0.16
Depressive symptoms scale	Wave II	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.00, 0.15
	Wave III	0.09	0.05	0.06	0.00, 0.19
	Wave III - Wave II	0.02	0.06	0.78	-0.11, 0.14
Hyperactive/impulsive scale³	Wave II	0.09	0.08	0.25	-0.06, 0.24
	Wave III	-0.11	0.16	0.49	-0.41, 0.20
	Wave III - Wave II	-0.19	0.18	0.29	-0.56, 0.17
Delinquency scale	Wave II	0.17	0.12	0.15	-0.06, 0.41
	Wave III	-0.89	0.37	0.02	-1.63, -0.15
	Wave III - Wave II	-1.07	0.38	0.01	-1.83, -0.31
Self-esteem scale	Wave II	-0.18	0.07	0.01	-0.32, -0.04
	Wave III	-0.10	0.10	0.31	-0.29, 0.09
	Wave III - Wave II	0.08	0.12	0.48	-0.15, 0.31
Had psychological counseling	Wave II	0.73	0.39	0.06	-0.04, 1.49
	Wave III	-0.21	0.91	0.82	-2.00, 1.59
	Wave III - Wave II	-0.93	1.02	0.36	-2.95, 1.09
Attempted suicide	Wave II	-0.04	0.60	0.95	-1.22, 1.15
	Wave III	0.50	0.76	0.51	-1.00, 2.01
	Wave III - Wave II	0.54	0.92	0.56	-1.28, 2.37
Parental poverty	Wave II	0.44	0.21	0.04	-0.29, -2.35
	Wave III	-0.17	0.47	0.72	-1.10, 0.75
	Wave III - Wave II	-0.61	0.44	0.17	-1.47, 0.25
Never lived with parent (s)	Wave II	1.03	0.67	0.12	-0.29, 2.35
	Wave III	-0.31	1.17	0.79	-2.63, 2.01
	Wave III - Wave II	-1.34	1.30	0.30	-3.92, 1.23

Note: All risk factor variables were measured at Wave I except those marked ³; the latter were measured at Wave III via self-reported retrospective recall. Those reported in bold are significant at p<0.05.

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