Table 6 Comparisons of eating attitudes and disordered eating behaviors in a subsample of gender-expansive individuals 18–26 years old (N = 483) and 18–25 years old (N = 434) in The PRIDE Study to age-matched cisgender^a men from the Lavender et al. (2010) [21] sample (N = 404) and cisgender^a women from the Luce et al. (2008) [22] sample (N = 723)

Eating Attitudes

Mean (standard deviation)

T-test

p

Mean (standard deviation)

T-test

p

 EDE-Q Restraint

1.15 (1.46)

1.04 (1.19)

1.21

.227

1.15 (1.45)

1.62 (1.54)

−5.14

< .001*

 EDE-Q EC

1.07 (1.27)

0.43 (0.77)

9.86

< .001*

1.10 (1.27)

1.11 (1.11)

−0.14

.889

 EDE-Q WC

2.18 (1.66)

1.29 (1.27)

8.83

< .001*

2.20 (1.66)

1.97 (1.56)

2.37

.018

 EDE-Q SC

2.56 (1.68)

1.59 (1.38)

9.23

< .001*

2.59 (1.69)

2.27 (1.54)

3.30

< .001*

 EDE-Q Global

1.74 (1.36)

1.09 (1.00)

7.97

< .001*

1.76 (1.36)

1.74 (1.30)

0.25

.803

Disordered eating behaviors

Any occurrence (%)

Z-test

p

Any occurrence (%)

Z-test

p

 Dietary restraint

27.1

24.0

0.80

.423

27.4

25.9

0.581

.562

 Objective binge episodes

14.3

25.0

4.04

< .001*

15.0

21.3

2.66

.008

 Self-induced vomiting

1.4

3.2

1.77

.077

1.4

8.8

5.16

< .001*

 Laxative misuse

1.2

2.7

1.60

.109

1.2

8.3

5.11

< .001*

 Excessive exercise

8.1

31.4

8.88

< .001*

8.1

30.8

9.01

< .001*