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Table 3 Descriptive analysis of food consumption per calories, according to the presence of recurrent binge eating episodes, in the ELSA-Brazil (n = 15,105)

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

Variables

BED

Median

Mean

Standard deviation

p-value*

G1: Bread, cereal and tubers

Yes

450.52

550.49

395.98

0.000

No

370.80

449.99

323.59

G2: Fruit

Yes

271.25

348.67

294.60

0.014

No

255.33

317.16

251.26

G3: Vegetables and legumes

Yes

0.00

32.12

74.62

0.001

No

9.18

35.40

75.46

G4: Eggs, meat, milk and derivatives

Yes

181.84

237.92

202.92

0.000

No

162.13

205.06

169.07

G5: Pasta and other prepared foods

Yes

165.32

198.17

147.71

0.000

No

143.78

172.72

125.57

G6: Sweets

Yes

88.09

135.69

143.32

0.000

No

72.80

108.93

117.38

G7: Non-alcoholic beverages

Yes

140.36

203.74

214.30

0.937

No

140.27

195.52

194.25

G8: Alcoholic beverages

Yes

8.93

56.04

119.77

0.000

No

17.18

62.70

114.14

Total calories

Yes

3025.08

3311.86

1422.88

0.000

No

2704.82

2946.68

1221.28

  1. * Mann-Whitney test