Table 3 Demographic and parental characteristics of young adolescents by binge eating symptoms in the past 3 months (n = 3595)
Demographic and parental characteristics | Total n = 3595 | Binge eating symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No symptoms | Overeating only | LOC eating only | Binge eating (overeating and LOC eating) | ||
n = 3143 | n = 121 | n = 252 | n = 79 | ||
Age at outcome assessment (years), mean (95% CI) | 3595 | 13.87 (13.85, 13.89) | 13.97 (13.86, 14.09) | 13.94 (13.86, 14.02) | 14.08 (13.91, 14.23) |
Sex, % (95% CI) | |||||
 Girls | 1896 | 51.5 (49.7, 53.2) | 61.2 (52.9, 69.7) | 58.7 (52.6, 64.9) | 70.9 (60.3, 80.8) |
 Boys | 1699 | 48.5 (46.8, 50.3) | 38.8 (30.3, 47.5) | 41.3 (35.3, 47.4) | 29.1 (19.2, 39.2) |
Ethnicity, % (95% CI) | |||||
 Dutch | 2444 | 68.5 (66.9, 70.2) | 73.6 (65.6, 81.1) | 67.1 (60.9, 72.5) | 65.8 (55.0, 76.5) |
 Other western | 313 | 8.9 (7.9, 9.9) | 6.6 (3.2, 11.5) | 8.4 (5.2, 12.0) | 8.9 (2.5, 15.6) |
 Non-western | 809 | 22.6 (21.1, 24.0) | 19.8 (12.6, 27.0) | 24.5 (19.4, 30.1) | 25.3 (15.4, 35.4) |
Household income, % (95% CI) | |||||
 High (> 4000 euros per month) | 1292 | 40.5 (38.5, 42.4) | 35.8 (26.9, 45.3) | 41.5 (35.0, 48.6) | 44.4 (31.7, 57.4) |
 Medium (1600–4000 euros per month) | 1587 | 50.0 (48.0, 52.0) | 55.7 (46.7, 65.4) | 46.7 (39.6, 53.3) | 39.7 (28.1, 52.4) |
 Low (< 1600 euros per month) | 312 | 9.5 (98.4, 10.4) | 8.5 (3.7, 13.8) | 11.8 (7.4, 16.1) | 15.9 (7.8, 25.0) |
Parental characteristics | |||||
Maternal educational level, % (95% CI) | |||||
 High (higher vocational education to university) | 2195 | 66.3 (64.6, 68.0) | 63.7 (54.9, 72.8) | 62.8 (56.4, 69.2) | 63.2 (51.4, 74.6) |
 Medium (lower vocational education) | 880 | 26.4 (24.9, 27.9) | 30.1 (21.3, 38.7) | 26.0 (20.3, 31.8) | 25.0 (15.7, 36.2) |
 Low (no education to high school) | 254 | 7.3 (6.3, 8.3) | 6.2 (2.6, 10.6) | 11.2 (7.6, 15.6) | 11.8 (4.5, 19.1) |
Maternal history of an eating disorder, % (95% CI) | |||||
 Yes | 319 | 8.8 (7.7, 9.8) | 13.4 (7.6, 19.8) | 14.8 (10.4, 19.2) | 7.8 (2.6, 13.9) |
 No | 3098 | 91.2 (90.2, 92.3) | 86.6 (80.2, 92.4) | 85.2 (80.8, 89.6) | 92.2 (68.1, 97.4) |
Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, mean (95% CI) | 3192 | 24.21 (24.05, 24.36) | 24.93 (24.20, 25.68) | 25.01 (24.46, 25.63) | 25.00 (24.10, 25.96) |
Paternal BMI during pregnancy, mean (95% CI) | 2732 | 25.15 (25.01, 25.29) | 25.41 (24.83, 25.99) | 25.53 (25.03, 26.09) | 25.93 (25.07, 26.77) |
Maternal depressive symptoms, median (95% CI) | 3138 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.17) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.17) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.17) |
Paternal depressive symptoms, median (95% CI) | 2600 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.08) |