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Table 4 Eating disorder pathogenic behaviors among marching band artists. Data presented “within sex”

From: Examination of eating disorder risk among university marching band artists

Pathogenic Behavior

All (n = 150)

Females (n = 84)

Males (n = 66)

p -value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Dieting

72 (48.0)

43 (51.2)

29 (43.9)

0.378

Exercise

31 (20.7)

18 (21.4)

13 (19.7)

0.795

Binge Eating

28 (18.7)

16 (19.0)

12 (18.2)

0.893

Purging

18 (12.0)

14 (16.7)

4 (6.1)

0.047

Laxatives

5 (3.3)

5 (6.0)

0 (0)

0.044

Diet Pills

7 (4.7)

4 (4.8)

3 (4.5)

0.950

Diuretics

3 (2.0)

2 (2.4)

1 (1.5)

0.707