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Table 1 Descriptive information on imputed and observed samples

From: Disordered eating and self-harm as risk factors for poorer mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a UK-based birth cohort study

 

Imputed sample

Observed sample

Total sample

Any disordered eating

Any self-harm

Sample mean (SE) or % (SE)

Sample mean (SE) or % (n)

Sample mean (SE) or % (n)

Sample mean (SE) or % (n)

Sex (female)

  

71.17%

(1891/2657)

84.52%

(557/659)

85.41%

(158/185)

Race (non-white)

3.50%

(0.37)

3.42%

(87/2542)

3.06%

(19/621)

**

**

Not in education, employment or training before the pandemic

5.36%

(0.53)

5.04%

(100/1986)

5.83%

(32/549)

5.92%

(9/152)

Living alone in the pandemic

  

7.20%

(139/1931)

9.18%

(46/501)

9.46%

(14/148)

Keyworker in the pandemic

  

39.66%

(742/1871)

41.02%

(201/490)

33.79%

(49/145)

Furloughed during the pandemic

  

12.31%

(327/2657)

12.29%

(81/659)

15.14%

(28/185)

Financial problems during the pandemic

  

24.61%

(474/1926)

27.15%

(136/501)

25.68%

(38/148)

Any disordered eating

32.04%

(1.01)

31.44%

(659/2096)

    

 Fasting

  

10.78%

(228/2115)

    

 Purging

  

9.04%

(191/2112)

    

 Binge-eating

  

20.46%

(433/2116)

    

 Excessive exercise

  

3.52%

(74/2105)

    

 DSM-5 frequency disordered eating

  

9.75%

(204/2093)

    

Any self-harm

8.97%

(0.61)

8.75%

(185/2115)

    

 Self-harm without suicidal intent

  

6.19%

(131/2115)

    

 Self-harm with suicidal intent

  

1.68%

(35/2081)

    

Comorbid disordered eating and self-harm

5.53%

(0.50)

5.36%

(112/2089)

    

Depressive symptoms during the pandemic

6.44

(0.12)

6.46

(0.13)

8.56

(0.29)

11.20

(0.58)

Anxiety symptoms during the pandemic

6.04

(0.11)

6.04

(0.12)

7.68

(0.25)

9.99

(0.50)

Mental wellbeing during the pandemic

44.26

(0.18)

44.24

(0.20)

41.78

(0.40)

38.79

(0.75)

Pre-pandemic depressive symptoms

6.90

(0.13)

6.85

(0.13)

9.16

(0.28)

12.88

(0.57)

Pre-pandemic anxiety symptoms

4.64

(0.10)

4.54

(0.11)

6.14

(0.23)

7.99

(0.44)

Pre-pandemic mental wellbeing

48.73

(0.19)

48.81

(0.20)

46.10

(0.40)

41.05

(0.75)

  1. Asterisks (“**”) indicate that estimates were reliant on cells containing five individuals or fewer. It is an ALSPAC stipulation that such data are not tabulated due to difficulties in maintaining participant anonymity for such rare characteristics. Descriptive information is only provided for variables included in the imputed datasets (i.e. those included in the main analysis)
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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