Prevalence and correlates of unhealthy weight control behaviors: findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health

Stephen, Eric M; Rose, Jennifer S; Kenney, Lindsay; Rosselli-Navarra, Francine; Weissman, Ruth Striegel

doi:10.1186/2050-2974-2-16

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 4 Mixed logistic regression results for differences in clinical correlates for each UWCB group

From: Prevalence and correlates of unhealthy weight control behaviors: findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health

	Purging				Pill use
	Coefficient	SE	p	95% CI	Coefficient	SE	p	95% CI
Females dompared to males	1.21	0.17	0.00	0.87-1.55	1.51	0.10	0.00	1.30-1.71
Age difference	−0.06	0.03	0.07	−0.12-0.01	0.15	0.02	0.00	0.11-0.19
CESD (log trans) Difference	0.72	0.16	0.00	0.41-1.03	0.42	0.10	0.00	0.23-0.63
Linear change across waves	0.12	0.28	0.67	−0.42-0.66	0.76	0.14	0.00	0.23-0.63
CESD Difference over time	0.11	0.12	0.39	−0.14-0.35	−0.13	0.06	0.02	−0.24-0.02
Females compared to males	1.26	0.18	0.00	0.92-1.61	1.47	0.10	0.00	1.27-1.67
Age difference	−0.07	0.03	0.05	−0.13-0.00	0.14	0.02	0.00	0.10-0.19
Self-esteem difference	−0.16	0.04	0.00	−0.23- -0.09	−0.24	0.03	0.00	−0.30- -0.19
Linear change across waves	1.10	0.46	0.02	0.20-2.00	−0.32	0.28	0.26	−0.87-0.23
Self-esteem difference over time	−0.05	0.03	0.08	−0.11-0.01	0.06	0.02	0.00	0.03-0.09
Females compared to males	1.51	0.18	0.00	1.16-1.86	1.68	0.11	0.00	0.12-0.20
Age difference	−0.04	0.03	0.20	−0.11-0.02	0.16	0.02	0.00	0.12-0.20
Delinquency difference	0.63	0.21	0.00	−0.22-1.04	0.66	0.17	0.00	0.32-1.00
Linear change across waves	0.21	0.15	0.17	−0.09-0.51	0.55	0.10	0.00	0.35-0.76
Delinquency difference over time	0.07	0.18	0.70	−0.28-0.41	−0.06	0.11	0.59	−0.28-0.16
Females compared to males	1.13	0.18	0.00	0.77-1.49	1.25	0.11	0.00	1.03-1.46
Age difference	−0.08	0.04	0.02	−0.15- -0.01	0.11	0.02	0.00	0.07-0.15
Weight image difference	0.93	0.18	0.00	0.59-1.28	0.99	0.15	0.00	0.70-1.28
Linear change across waves	1.05	0.47	0.03	0.13-1.96	0.42	0.30	0.17	−0.18-1.01
Weight image difference over time	−0.02	0.15	0.88	−0.31-2.66	0.06	0.09	0.54	−0.12-0.28
BMI Difference	0.03	0.02	0.14	−0.01-0.08	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.00-0.07
BMI Difference over time	−0.03	0.02	0.09	−0.06-0.00	−0.01	0.01	0.52	−0.03-0.01

Note: CESD = Center forEpidemiologic Studies Depression scale; SE = standard error; p = significance level; CI = confidence interval.

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