Table 2 Descriptive statistics and differences between men and women regarding orthorexia nervosa and specific symptomatology of an ED in Mexican university students

 Obsessive Cognition

8.78

2.33

9.35

2.10

−3.74

.00**

 Rational Cognition

7.69

2.35

8.07

2.60

−2.15

.03*

 Emotional Regulation

8.96

2.24

9.67

1.96

−4.91

.00**

 Normative Social

7.91

1.88

8.20

1.98

−2.15

.03*

 Total

35.45

6.70

37.59

6.88

−4.48

.00**

 Restriction

4.50

4.39

3.56

4.00

3.24

.00**

 Concern for one’s shape and weight

3.98

3.18

2.59

2.40

7.43

.00**

 Dissatisfaction

4.99

3.50

3.21

3.21

7.44

.00**

 Total

13.46

9.33

9.36

7.49

7.13

.00**