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Table 4 Spearman’s correlations for concurrent and discriminant validity

From: Identification of high risk and early stage eating disorders: first validation of a digital screening tool

n = 1346

Correlation coefficient

Sig (2-tailed)**

IOI-S/EDE-Q

.885**

.000

IOI-S/EDE-Q8

.838**

.000

IOI-S/SCOFF

.749**

.000

EDE-Q/EDE-Q8

.964**

.000

EDE-Q/SCOFF

.671**

.000

IOI-S/MC-SDS (n = 1019)

− .087**

.005

IOI-S/CSD-S (n = 327)

.010

.859

Binge item analysis

IOI-S Item 5/EDE-Q item 15

.533**

.000

IOI-S Item 5/EDE-Q eating

.635**

.000

IOI-S Total/EDE-Q item 15

.349**

.000

IOI-S Total/EDE-Q eating

.855**

.000

EDE-Q Item 15/EDE-Q eating

.364**

.000

EDE-Q global/EDE-Q item 15

.255**

.000

EDE-Q global/EDE-Q Eating

.918**

.000

  1. EDE-Q Item 15 = OBEs (objective binge episodes); eating = eating concern subscale; IOI-S Item 5 = loss of control
  2. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level [2-tailed]