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Table 1 Demographic and sample characteristics of participants from the 2016–2020 Healthy Minds Study (N = 6210)

From: Association between binge eating and physical violence perpetration among U.S. college students

 

Mean (SD)/%

Age

22.3 (5.8)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

24.2 (4.8)

Race/ethnicity

 White or Caucasian, non-Hispanic, non-Arab

64.4%

 Black or African American, non-Hispanic

5.0%

 Hispanic/Latino/a

4.9%

 Asian or Asian American

13.1%

 American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

0.2%

 Arab/Middle Eastern or Arab American

1.2%

 Other race/ethnicity

0.9%

 More than 1 race/ethnicity

10.3%

Gender

 Men

42.1%

 Women

57.9%

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

81.3%

 Gay or lesbian

5.7%

 Bisexual

8.0%

 Queer, questioning, or other

4.9%

Highest parental education

 High school or less

8.0%

 Some college or more

92.0%

Physical violence perpetration, past 12-months

3.5%

Days binge eating, past four weeks

1.8 (3.7)

  1. Preconstructed nonresponse sample weighting was applied to all analyses
  2. SD standard deviation