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Table 1 Maternal characteristics (mean [SD] unless otherwise indicated) at baseline, by maternal psychiatric group (Ns refer to number of mothers)

From: Maternal and family factors and child eating pathology: risk and protective relationships

 

General control (n = 102)

Psychiatric control (n = 36)

Eating disorder (n = 18)

Age

41.38 (5.52)

41.50 (5.39)

38.90 (6.17)

% married or de facto

73.5% (75/102)

58.3% (21/36)

66.7% (12/18)

% low family income

5.9% (6/102)a

22.2% (8/36)b

0% (0/0)a

% completed high school

61.8% (63/102)a

66.7% (24/36)a

27.8% (5/18)b

BMI

25.83 (5.33)

24.97 (4.37)

28.11 (6.47)

Maternal health

3.59 (0.92)a

3.54 (1.01)

3.07 (1.03)b

EDE brief global

0.82 (0.83)a

0.92 (1.35)a

2.05 (1.57)b

DASS depression

1.22 (1.48)a

2.65 (3.95)

6.57 (5.53)b

DASS anxiety

1.01 (1.35)a

2.00 (2.58)

4.80 (4.61)b

DASS stress

3.87 (3.01)

5.56 (3.87)

5.80 (6.34)

Rosenberg self-esteem scale

32.96 (3.82)a

30.50 (4.70)b

28.33 (5.85)b

Family stress – life events scale

1.38 (1.53)

1.45 (1.78)

2.20 (2.70)

Parenting scale

3.03 (0.53)

3.11 (0.58)

3.12 (0.60)

McMaster family functioning scale

1.68 (0.41)

1.59 (0.44)

1.91 (0.26)

  1. Note. Columns with different subscripts are significantly different at p < .05 as identified through analysis of variance (continuous variables) or Chi square (categorical variables) comparisons.
  2. BMI = Body Mass Index; EDE = Eating Disorder Examination; DASS = Depression Anxiety Stress Scale.