Factors associated with restrained eating and validation of the Arabic version of the restrained eating scale among an adult representative sample of the Lebanese population: a cross-sectional study

Saade, Sylvia; Hallit, Souheil; Haddad, Chadia; Hallit, Rabih; Akel, Marwan; Honein, Karl; Akiki, Maria; Kheir, Nelly; Obeid, Sahar

doi:10.1186/s40337-019-0254-2

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 5 Multivariable analysis

From: Factors associated with restrained eating and validation of the Arabic version of the restrained eating scale among an adult representative sample of the Lebanese population: a cross-sectional study

Model 1: Linear regression taking the Dutch restrained eating scale as the dependent variable and the sociodemographic variables as independent ones.
	Unstandardized Beta	t	p-value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized Beta	t	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Gender (females vs. males^a)	0.461	6.257	<0.001	0.316	0.605
Body Mass Index	0.042	6.350	<0.001	0.029	0.055
High monthly income vs. no income^a	0.344	2.425	0.016	0.066	0.623
Intermediate monthly income vs. no income^a	0.273	2.825	0.016	0.066	0.623
Variables entered: Age, gender, BMI, marital status and monthly income. R²=0.086
Model 2: Linear regression taking the Dutch restrained eating scale as the dependent variable and the pressure variables as independent variables.
	Unstandardized Beta	t	p-value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized Beta	t	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Body dissatisfaction score	0.038	6.176	<0.001	0.026	0.050
BMI	0.017	2.351	0.019	0.003	0.031
Practicing sport activities (yes vs. no^a)	0.381	5.540	<0.001	0.246	0.516
Age	0.010	3.434	0.001	0.004	0.016
Gender (females vs. males^a)	0.356	5.038	<0.001	0.217	0.494
Pressure from TV, magazine to lose your weight	0.484	5.478	<0.001	0.310	0.657
Intermediate monthly income vs. no income^a	0.228	2.408	0.016	0.042	0.414
Variables entered = Age, gender, BMI, marital status, monthly income, caffeine, family history of eating disorders, Pressure from TV, magazine to lose your weight, Practicing sport activities and body dissatisfaction score. R²=0.211
Model 3: Linear regression taking the Dutch restrained eating scale as dependent variable and all other scales as independent variables.
	Unstandardized Beta	t	p-value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized Beta	t	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Body dissatisfaction score	0.037	5.735	<0.001	0.024	0.049
Age	0.011	3.543	<0.001	0.005	0.017
Gender (females vs. males^a)	0.316	4.240	<0.001	0.170	0.462
BMI	0.018	2.470	0.014	0.004	0.033
State Adult attachment scale-Anxiety	0.008	1.965	0.050	0.0003	0.015
Pressure from TV, magazine to lose your weight (yes vs. no^a)	0.458	4.969	<0.001	0.277	0.639
Practicing sport activities (yes vs. no^a)	0.414	5.724	<0.001	0.272	0.556
Emotion regulation cognitive reappraisal facet	0.014	2.876	0.004	0.004	0.023
Intermediate income vs. no income^a	0.256	2.518	0.012	0.056	0.455
Variables entered in the model: Age, gender, BMI, marital status, monthly income, caffeine, family history of eating disorders, Pressure from TV, magazine to lose your weight, Practicing sport activities, self-esteem scale, ERQ cognitive reappraisal facet, SAAM-Anxiety, SAAM-avoidance, SAAM-security and Body dissatisfaction score. R²=0.238

^aReference group; R² = Nagelkerke value

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