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Table 3 Tetrachoric correlation coefficient (rho) matrix for the proposed night eating syndrome diagnostic criteria (N = 722)

From: Factor structure of the Night Eating Diagnostic Questionnaire (NEDQ) and an evaluation of the diagnostic criteria of the night eating syndrome

Criterion

Evening Hyperphagia

Nocturnal Ingestion

Morning Anorexia

Sleep Problems

Evening Urge to Eat

Eat to Sleep

Lower Mood in Evening

Aware

Nocturnal Ingestion

.46***

       

Morning Anorexia

.32***

.23**

      

Sleep Problems

.22**

.44***

.24***

     

Evening Urge to Eat

.46***

.44***

.16*

.19**

    

Must Eat to Sleep

.45***

.91***

.12

.30**

.51***

   

Lower Mood

.07

.22**

.09

.16**

.27***

.26**

  

Aware

.37***

.92***

.13

.37***

.36***

.82***

.19*

 

Distress/ Impaired

.46***

.62***

.26***

.21**

.59***

.65***

.18*

.46***

  1. Note: statistical significance for tetrachoric coefficients is based on standard error
  2. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001
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Journal of Eating Disorders

ISSN: 2050-2974