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Table 2 Prevalence of Disordered Eating (DE) behavior symptoms among male and female group fitness instructors

From: Disordered eating behavior among group fitness instructors: a health-threatening secret?

 

Male (n = 152)

Female (n = 685)

  
 

n (%)

n (%)

χ 2 (1)

p-value

Self-reported current eating disordera

0 (0)

27 (4)

-

0.009

BMI ≤18.5 kg/m2 a

0 (0)

17 (3)

-

0.054

EDI-DT ≥15a

1 (0.7)

25 (4)

-

0.067

EDI-BD ≥14a

4 (3)

76 (11)

-

0.001**

Self-reported menstrual dysfunction

-

199 (30)

-

-

Weight loss attempts ≥5

32 (21)

204 (30)

4.7

0.03*

Total respondents classified with DE

34 (22)

371 (54)

65.7

0.000***

  1. aFisher’s exact test was used due to low n (n < 5). BMI: body mass index. EDI-DT: Eating disorders inventory – drive for thinness. EDI-BD: Eating disorders inventory – body dissatisfaction. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01.***p < 0.001