Transdiagnostic fears and avoidance behaviors in self-reported eating disorders

Table 3 Specific eating fears measured with the EFQ and FOFM

EFQ	AN-R (N = 84)	AN-BP (N = 57)	BN (N = 38)	BED (N = 20)	OSFED (N = 49)	HC (N = 94)
Fear of weight gain	6.08 (1.29)	6.24 (1.29)	6.46 (0.87)	6.20 (1.09)	6.11 (1.37)	3.57 (1.68)
Fear of social consequences	5.06 (1.57)	5.41 (1.51)	5.47 (1.44)	5.92 (1.22)	5.36 (1.46)	2.60 (1.34)
Fear of personal consequences	5.53 (1.34)	5.64 (1.47)	5.55 (1.29)	5.14 (1.56)	5.22 (1.43)	2.07 (1.23)
Fear of physical sensations	6.26 (1.25)	6.50 (1.03)	6.35 (0.96)	6.25 (1.03)	5.97 (1.35)	3.48 (1.81)
Fear of social eating	4.51 (1.98)	5.10 (2.19)	4.43 (2.10)	5.05 (1.55)	4.57 (1.92)	1.51 (0.97)

FOFM	AN-R (N = 84)	AN-BP (N = 57)	BN (N = 37)	BED (N = 19)	OSFED (N = 46)	HC (N = 89)
Anxiety about eating	38.71 (11.02)^b,c,d	41.05 (13.10)^a,c,d,e	40.97 (11.71)^a,b,d	28.10 (13.69)^a−c,e	33.67 (11.86)^b,d	10.59 (4.74)
Feared concerns	42.26 (11.67)^b,c,e	46.21 (12.38)^a,c,d	42.08 (10.99)^a,b,e	35.84 (10.44)^b,e	39.26 (12.14)^a,c,d,	14.10 (5.69)

Different lettered superscripts were used to indicate which eating disorder diagnoses differed from each other and which were equal at a statistical level of > 3 for the corrected posterior odds. The groups are coded as follows: AN-R = a, AN-BP = b, BN = c, BED = d, OSFED = e. Letters written italic represent group differences. Non-italic letters represent equality
AN-R, anorexia nervosa restrictive subtype; AN-BP, anorexia nervosa binge-purge subtype; BN, bulimia nervosa; BED, binge eating disorder; OSFED, other specified feeding and eating disorder; HC, healthy controls

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