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

Table 2 OLS regression results: ED symptoms (EDE-QS)

ED symptoms	Baseline	Model 1	Model 2
Cishet men (reference)
Cishet women	3.07 [1.44–4.69] (0.82)***	3.05 [1.47–4.62] (0.80)***	2.52 [0.86–4.18] (0.84)**
LGBTQ+ participants	3.93 [1.81–6.04] (1.07)***	2.19 [0.32–4.05] (0.94)*	0.94 [− 1.08–2.95](1.02)
BMI		0.35 [0.26–0.45] (0.05)***	0.33 [0.24–0.42] (0.05)***
Social support		− 0.15 [− 0.23 to − 0.08] (0.05)***	− 0.15 [− 0.23 to − 0.07] (0.04)***
Resilience		− 0.09 [− 0.32 to 0.16] (0.12)	− 0.05 [− 0.30 to 0.20] (0.13)
Pandemic stress			0.23 [0.11–0.35] (0.06)***
N	411	411	411
R-squared	0.02	0.16	0.18
AIC	2925	2883	2875

Data are from primary data related to COVID-19 pandemic experiences collected between October 2020 and January 2021. Coefficients presented, 95% confidence intervals in brackets, robust standard errors in parentheses. Models 1 & 2 also adjusts for age, Hispanic ethnicity, race, income, marital status, and employment status
Cishet, cisgender and heterosexual-identifying; AIC, Akaike information criterion; EDE-QS, Eating Disorder Examination—Questionnaire Short; BMI, Body Mass Index. Results are clustered by US Zip Code (n = 146)
+ p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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