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Table 5 Comparisons of eating attitudes and disordered eating behaviors in gender-expansive individuals (N = 988) to transgender men (N = 312) and transgender women (N = 172) from Nagata et al. (2020) [20] in The PRIDE Study

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

 

Gender-expansive individuals from The PRIDE Study

Transgender men from The PRIDE Study [20]

 

Gender-expansive individuals from The PRIDE Study

Transgender women from The PRIDE Study [20]

 

Eating Attitudes

Mean (standard deviation)

T-test

p

Mean (standard deviation)

T-test

p

 EDE-Q Restraint

1.24 (1.49)

1.33 (1.42)

−0.98

.326

1.24 (1.49)

1.75 (1.62)

−3.87

< .001*

 EDE-Q EC

1.02 (1.26)

0.87 (1.19)

1.85

.065

1.02 (1.26)

0.87 (1.12)

1.38

.168

 EDE-Q WC

2.18 (1.63)

2.06 (1.61)

1.20

.230

2.18 (1.63)

2.27 (1.63)

−0.63

.526

 EDE-Q SC

2.58 (1.65)

2.65 (1.61)

−0.62

.539

2.58 (1.65)

3.00 (1.68)

−3.09

.002*

 EDE-Q Global

1.76 (1.33)

1.73 (1.28)

0.34

.732

1.76 (1.33)

1.98 (1.33)

−1.99

.047

Disordered eating behaviors

Any occurrence (%)

Z-test

p

Any occurrence (%)

Z-test

p

 Dietary restraint

23.0

25.5

0.97

.334

23.0

27.9

1.40

.161

 Objective binge episodes

12.9

11.2

0.76

.446

12.9

12.8

0.02

.982

 Self-induced vomiting

1.4

1.6

a

.789

1.4

1.7

a

.729

 Laxative misuse

1.2

0.3

a

.322

1.2

0.6

a

.730

 Excessive exercise

7.4

8.0

0.36

.716

7.4

8.1

0.35

.730

  1. Any occurrence was defined as ≥1 episode in the past 28 days. EDE-Q scores were compared using independent samples t-tests. Proportions of disordered eating behaviors were compared with Z-tests or Fisher’s exact tests
  2. EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire, EDE-Q EC Eating Concern subscale, EDE-Q WC Weight Concern subscale, EDE-Q SC Shape Concern subscale, EDE-Q Global Global score
  3. * p < .005 (after Bonferroni correction)
  4. a Fisher’s exact test