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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by group and condition

From: Experiences of mimicry in eating disorders

Group

HC (n = 87)

ED-His (n = 31)

  

Eating disorder examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q)

  

 Restraint*

1.24 (1.20)

2.31 (1.38)

  

 Eating concern*

0.59 (0.82)

1.41 (1.00)

  

 Shape concern*

1.37 (1.24)

2.84 (1.44)

  

 Weight concern*

1.14 (1.10)

2.44 (1.41)

  

 Global*

1.08 (0.95)

2.21 (1.15)

  

Body shape questionnaire (BSQ)*

70.87 (20.16)

78.90 (16.64)

  

Body awareness questionnaire (BAQ)*

74.92 (27.38)

115.07 (33.76)

  

Autism quotient (AQ)

16.40 (5.62)

18.57 (6.03)

  

Liking of confederate*

5.68 (0.87)

5.96 (0.86)

  

Smoothness of interaction with confederate*

5.64 (1.15)

5.39 (1.33)

  

Condition

No-mimicry

Mimicry

No-mimicry

Mimicry

Demographics

n (%)

n (%)

Race

 White

16 (36.4%)

14 (32.6%)

13 (86.7%)

10 (62.5%)

 African American

4 (9.1%)

4 (9.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.3%)

 Hispanic/Latino

1 (2.3%)

3 (7.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Asian

11 (25.0%)

12 (27.9%)

2 (13.3%)

4 (25.0%)

 Indian

1 (2.3%)

2 (4.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Pacific Islander

1 (2.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Native American

2 (4.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Missing

8 (18.2%)

8 (18.6%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (6.3%)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

21.19 (2.64)

21.29 (3.07)

21.13 (2.29)

21.06 (2.77)

Education (years)

15.00 (2.20)

14.91 (2.09)

15.60 (2.10)

15.38 (2.28)

BMI

22.40 (3.62)

22.35 (2.91)

21.80 (2.24)

22.56 (2.21)

  1. Group summaries are based on 31 participants with a prior diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Sub-AN, Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), or Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) and 87 sex, race, and age-matched healthy control participants. The groups (History of Eating Disorder (ED-His) and Healthy Control (HC)) and conditions (No-Mimicry and Mimicry) were not significantly different on any of the demographic variables. *Significant difference between group means at p < .05.