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Table 4 Relationship between premenstrual syndrome symptoms & binge eating symptoms

From: Binge eating symptoms are associated with the severity of premenstrual symptoms among university students, cross sectional study from Palestine

 

Females with binge eating symptoms (n = 138)

Females without binge eating symptoms (n = 151)

P-value

Psychological symptoms

 None

7 (5.1)

26 (17.2)

<0.01*

 Mild

39 (28.3)

68 (45.0)

 Moderate

60 (43.5)

41 (27.2)

 Severe

32 (23.2)

16 (10.6)

Physical symptoms

 None

6 (4.3)

22 (14.6)

<0.01*

 Mild

52 (37.7)

76 (50.3)

 Moderate

49 (35.5)

39 (25.8)

 Severe

31 (22.5)

14 (9.3)

Behavioural symptoms

 None

24 (17.4)

61 (40.4)

<0.01*

 Mild

39 (28.3)

50 (33.1)

 Moderate

59 (42.8)

22 (14.6)

 Severe

16 (11.6)

18 (11.9)

  1. *significant at p< 0.01 using chi sqaure test