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Table 1 Demographic characteristics (n = 469)

From: Psychometric properties of the 26-item eating attitudes test (EAT-26): an application of rasch analysis

Characteristics

Group 1

Group 2

P-value

Total

n = 216

n = 253

N = 469

M ± SD

M ± SD

 

M ± SD

Age (years)

20.60 ± 4.91

49.68 ± 13.38

< .001

36.17 ± 17.83

Gender (%)

.03

 

 Male

32.41

23.32

 

27.5

 Female

67.59

76.68

 

72.5

Race/ethnicity (%)

.44

 

 White

52.78

77.87

 

66.31

 Black

40.28

15.42

 

26.87

 All others

6.94

6.71

 

5.54

BMI (kg/m2)

25.26 ± 6.99

41.21 ± 9.62

< .001

33.87 ± 11.65

Obesity (%)

.04

 

 Obesity

17.13

94.07

 

58.24

 Non-obesity

82.87

5.93

 

41.76

EAT-26 Total scores

9.37 ± 7.55

13.42 ± 8.66

< .001

11.55 ± 8.40

  1. SD Standard deviation