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Table 6 Characteristics of the control group screening positively (n = 53) and negatively (n = 298) when employing the proposed cut-off of 15.00 on the CET

From: The Compulsive Exercise Test: confirmatory factor analysis and links with eating psychopathology among women with clinical eating disorders

 

Negative screen mean (SD)

Positive screen mean (SD)

Mann Whitney U (Z)

Effect size (r)

Age

27.11 (8.64)

32.60 (8.38)

4.53*

0.24

BMI

22.11 (4.49)

22.44 (2.68)

1.47

0.08

EDE-Q

 Restraint

0.99 (1.07)

2.23 (1.41)

6.47*

0.35

 Eating concern

0.48 (0.72)

1.34 (1.31)

5.76*

0.31

 Shape concern

1.60 (1.19)

3.17 (1.71)

6.14*

0.33

 Weight concern

1.26 (1.09)

2.67 (1.66)

5.97*

0.32

 Global score

1.08 (0.86)

2.36 (1.36)

6.63*

0.35

CET

 Avoidance

1.42 (1.04)

3.56 (0.83)

10.21*

0.55

 Weight control exercise

2.38 (1.05)

3.91 (0.84)

8.75*

0.47

 Mood improvement

3.11 (1.11)

4.34 (0.66)

7.72*

0.41

 Lack exercise enjoyment

1.49 (1.11)

1.10 (0.68)

1.86

0.10

 Exercise rigidity

2.16 (1.14)

3.70 (0.74)

8.60*

0.46

 Global score

10.57 (2.83)

16.61 (1.23)

11.61*

0.62

  1. *p < 0.001