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Table 4 Comparisons of any and regular occurrences of disordered eating behaviors between gender-expansive participants assigned male sex at birth (AMAB) and those assigned female sex at birth (AFAB)

From: Community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among gender-expansive populations

 

Any occurrence (%)

Regular occurrence (%)

AMAB (n = 135)

AFAB (n = 838)

p

ORAMAB-AFAB

AMAB (n = 135)

AFAB (n = 838)

p

ORAMAB-AFAB

%

%

(95% CI)

%

%

(95% CI)

Dietary Restrainta

25.9

22.1

.321

1.24 (0.81, 1.88)

11.1

6.3

.043

1.85 (1.00, 3.40)

Objective binge episodesa

17.0

12.2

.117

1.48 (0.90, 2.43)

9.6

6.3

.156

1.58 (0.84, 2.98)

Self-induced vomitingb

1.5

1.2

.677

1.25 (0.27, 5.75)

1.5

0.6

.252

2.51 (0.48, 13.05)

Laxative misuseb

1.5

1.0

.637

1.56 (0.38, 7.43)

1.5

0.5

.197

3.14 (0.57, 17.29)

Excessive exercise a/b

10.4

6.7

.124

1.62 (0.87, 2.99)

3.0

1.0

.072

3.17 (0.94, 10.67)

  1. Any occurrence was defined as ≥1 episode in the past 28 days. Regular occurrence of dietary restraint was defined as going for long periods of time (≥8 h) without eating anything to influence shape or weight for ≥13 days over the past 28 days. Regular occurrence of excessive exercise was defined as exercising in a driven or compulsive way as a means of controlling weight, shape or amount of fat, or burning off calories for ≥20 days over the past 28 days. For all other behaviors (objective binge episodes, self-induced vomiting, and laxative misuse), regular occurrence was defined as ≥4 occurrences over the past 28 days. Definitions for any and regular occurrence are consistent with previously published EDE-Q norms studies [20,21,22, 24, 25, 28,29,30]
  2. a Chi-square test
  3. b Fisher’s exact test