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Table 3 Participants’ current and ideal body fat with prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and body mass index for each category

From: Disordered eating attitudes correlate with body dissatisfaction among Kuwaiti male college students

Body fat level (%)

Total selections

n (%)

BMI

M (SD)

EAT-26 categories

At risk of disordered eating attitudes

n (%)

Not at risk of disordered eating attitudes

n (%)

χ2(d.f.), p

Current

 3.5

71 (17.8%)

22.73 (3.66)

23 (31.9%)

49 (68.1%)

χ2(5) = 10.20, p < .070

 10

77 (19.3%)

22.81 (3.44)

33 (42.9%)

44 (57.1%)

 16.5

99 (24.8%)

24.78 (3.5)

48 (48.5%)

51 (51.5%)

 23

95 (23.8%)

27.89 (3.8)

50 (52.6%)

45 (47.4%)

 29.5

48 (12%)

31.65 (5.58)

25 (52.1%)

23 (47.9%)

 36

9 (2.3%)

34.88 (11.58)

6 (66.7%)

3 (33.3%)

Ideal

 3.5

122 (30.5%)

25.04 (5.00)

62 (50.8%)

60 (49.2%)

χ2(4) = 4.56, p < .335

 10

169 (42.2%)

25.73 (5.19)

73 (43.2%)

96 (56.8%)

 16.5

77 (19.2%)

26.96 (5.63)

39 (50.6%)

38 (49.4%)

 23

31 (7.8%)

26.63 (6.01)

11 (35.5%)

20 (64.5%)

 29.5

0 (0.0%)

–

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 36

1 (0.2%)

26.7

0 (0.0%)

1 (100%)

  1. BMI body mass index, EAT-26 eating attitudes test. Pearson’s chi-squared test was used to compare the prevalence of the risk of disordered eating between groups in relation to current and ideal levels of body fat