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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of outcomes and key covariates stratified by LGBTQ+ identity

From: Perceived weight gain and eating disorder symptoms among LGBTQ+ adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a convergent mixed-method study

 

Everyone

Cishet men

Cishet women

LGBTQ+

P valuea

N = 411

n = 61

n = 230

n = 120

Outcomes

ED symptoms (EDE-QS) (r = 0–36)

10.47 (8.54)

7.61 (7.50)

10.67 (8.67)

11.53 (8.54)

0.003

 Score of 15 or higherb

30%

18%

29.6%

38%

 < 0.001

Perceived weight change

 Gained

45%

28%

43%

57%

 < 0.001

 Lost

20%

21%

20%

20%

 < 0.001

 Stayed the same

35%

51%

37%

23%

 < 0.001

Primary independent variable

Pandemic stress (r = 5–25)

14.9 (5.9)

11.6 (5.5)

14.2 (11.0)

17.9 (5.4)

 < 0.001

Key covariates

BMI (r = 15.7–62.0)

26.7 (6.7)

25.9 (5.0)

26.2 (6.4)

28.1 (7.9)

0.052

Social support (r = 8–40)

30.1 (8.4)

27.3 (9.8)

31.1 (8.4)

29.7 (7.2)

0.064

Resilience (r = 4–20)

12.6 (3.4)

13.8 (3.0)

12.5 (3.4)

12.3 (3.4)

0.004

  1. Data are from primary data related to COVID-19 pandemic experiences collected between October 2020 and January 2021
  2. Cishet, cisgender and heterosexual identifying; r, range; EDE-QS, Eating Disorder Examination—Questionnaire Short; BMI, Body Mass Index
  3. ap values reflect results from unadjusted comparisons between LGBTQ+ identifying participants and cisgender/heterosexual-identifying men using independent two-tailed t-tests for means and chi-squared for frequencies
  4. bSuggested screening cut-off proposed by Prnjak et al. [41] that may suggest clinically significant impairment associated with ED symptoms