Binge eating, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in participants of the ELSA-Brazil

Table 1 Sociodemographic, nutritional, and life style characterisation, according to the presence of recurrent binge eating episodes, in the ELSA-Brazil (N = 15,105)

Variables	Recurrent binge eating episodes				p-value
	Yes		No
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	327	33.4	6548	45.6
Female	653	66.6	7546	54.4	0.000
Total	980		14,094
Age
34 to 54 years old	668	68.2	8597	61.0
55 to 75 years old	312	31.8	5497	39.0	0.000
Total	980		14,094
Colour or race
Black	183	18.7	2211	15.7
Brown	298	30.4	3898	27.7
White	447	45.6	7338	52.1	0.000
Asian	21	2.1	352	2.5
Indigenous	19	1.9	138	1.0
Total	968		13,937
Education level
Incomplete primary school	70	7.1	817	5.8
Complete primary school/incomplete secondary school	72	7.3	952	6.8	0.003
Complete secondary school/Incomplete university	377	38.5	4846	34.4
University or Graduate	461	47.0	7479	53.1
Total	980		14,094
BMI
Thin; <18.5	1	0.1	140	1.0
Eutrophic: 18.5–24.99	144	14.7	5264	37.3
Overweight: 25–29.99	385	39.3	5681	40.3	0.000
Obese: ≥30	450	45.9	3003	21.3
Total	980		14,088
Physical activity
Insufficiently active	633	64.6	7500	53.2
Sufficiently active	347	53.4	6594	46.8	0.000
Total	980		14,094
Smoking
Never smoked	528	53.9	8055	57.2
Ex-smoker	322	32.9	4197	29.8	0.098
Smoker	130	13.3	1841	13.1
Total	980		14,093
Alcohol intake ≥ 5 standard units of alcohol in 2 h
Twice a day or more	6		33	0.2
Practically every day	3		111	0.8
Once or twice a week	87		1072	7.6
Twice or three times a month	43		637	4.5	0.002
Only on special occasions	236		3872	27.5
Never	222		4103	29.1
Total	980		14.094

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