Skip to main content

Table 3 Means (and standard deviations) on body mass index (BMI), self-harm (DSHI-9r), body esteem-appearance (BEAA), and SDQ measures of psychological difficulties, hyperactivity/ inattention, emotional symptoms, peer problems, and conduct problems for the clusters at T2, and comparison by one-way ANOVA

From: Disordered eating in a Swedish community sample of adolescent girls: subgroups, stability, and associations with body esteem, deliberate self-harm and other difficulties

Cluster

BMI

DSHI-9r

BEAA

SDQ Total Difficulties

Hyperactivity/inattention

Emotional symptoms

Peer problems

Conduct problems

No eating problems

19.88.a (2.74)

2.05a (4.57)

29.96a (6.21)

8.69a (4.46)

3.23a(2.01)

2.65a (1.96)

1.35a,b (1.37)

1.47a (1.43)

Social eating problems

20.25a,b (2.60)

4.26a (7.60)

25.55b,c (6.42)

11.28b,c (4.58)

4.04a,b (2.00)

3.68a,b (2.13)

1.91a,b,c (1.44)

1.64a (1.33)

Fear of not being able to stop eating

20.12a,b (2.75)

2.91a (4.80)

27.25a,b (6.12)

10.23a,b (3.90)

3.79a,b (2.00)

3.52a (2.11)

1.29a (1.26)

1.64a (1.44)

Weight concerns

21.31a,b,c (3.02)

2.66a (6.42)

24.25b,c (5.94)

10.39a,b (3.46)

4.03a,b (1.58)

3.50a (1.86)

1.24a (1.20)

1.63a (1.02)

Multiple eating problems without purging

21.82c (2.91)

5.84a (7.01)

22.52c,d (5.49)

13.36c,d (5.54)

4.43b,c (2.07)

4.76b,c (2.31)

2.17b,c (2.01)

2.00a,b (1.67)

Multiple eating problems including purging

21.52b,c (2.50)

14.47b (16.12)

20.26d (6.21)

15.24d (5.73)

5.18c (2.22)

4.88c (2.32)

2.47c (1.99)

2.48b (1.72)

  1. Means with different superscripts differ significantly, according to post-hoc tests by Tukey HSD