Associations between sex differences, eating disorder behaviors, physical and mental health, and self-harm among Chinese adolescents

Wang, Yuanyuan; Ma, Zhihao; Lu, Su; Duan, Zhizhou; Wilson, Amanda; Jia, Yinwei; Yang, Yong; Chen, Runsen

doi:10.1186/s40337-023-00754-7

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 2 Risk factors and association with dietary restriction in school adolescents

From: Associations between sex differences, eating disorder behaviors, physical and mental health, and self-harm among Chinese adolescents

	Male adolescents					Female adolescents
	Odds ratio	Std. err	Z value	P value	[95% conf. interval]	Odds ratio	Std. err	Z value	P value	[95% conf. interval]
Sexual orientation (Heterosexual = 0)
Gay/Lesbian	0.827	0.132	− 1.195	0.232	0.605–1.129	1.136	0.139	1.045	0.296
Bisexual	0.914	0.093	− 0.877	0.380	0.748–1.117	0.957	0.089	− 0.472	0.637	0.798–1.148
Reporting no sexual attraction sexuality	0.835**	0.057	− 2.658	0.008	0.731–0.954	0.695***	0.050	− 5.047	0.000	0.604–0.801
Age	0.982	0.022	− 0.823	0.411	0.940–1.026	1.077***	0.024	3.331	0.001	1.031–1.124
Household registration residence (Urban = 0)	0.983	0.060	− 0.280	0.779	0.872–1.108	0.946	0.059	− 0.889	0.374	0.837–1.069
Being the only child (No = 0)	1.011	0.061	0.176	0.860	0.897–1.139	0.944	0.063	− 0.866	0.387	0.828–1.076
Suicidal ideation (No = 0)	1.161	0.119	1.451	0.147	0.949–1.419	1.320**	0.127	2.892	0.004	1.094–1.593
Non-suicidal self-harm (No = 0)	1.105	0.121	0.910	0.363	0.891–1.371	1.566***	0.155	4.536	0.000	1.290–1.901
Perceived cognitive deficits	0.930	0.036	− 1.842	0.065	0.862–1.005	1.164***	0.049	3.579	0.000	1.071–1.265
Anxiety symptoms	1.056	0.078	0.735	0.462	0.914–1.219	1.139	0.083	1.801	0.072	0.989–1.313
Depression symptoms	1.175	0.097	1.951	0.051	0.999–1.382	1.007	0.084	0.089	0.929	0.856–1.186
Poor self-rated health status	1.405***	0.052	9.239	0.000	1.307–1.510	1.327***	0.056	6.746	0.000	1.222–1.440
School bullying victim (No = 0)	1.187	0.122	1.673	0.094	0.971–1.451	1.131	0.161	0.866	0.387	0.856–1.495
School bullying perpetrator (No = 0)	1.065	0.080	0.849	0.396	0.920–1.233	1.207	0.125	1.824	0.068	0.986–1.477
Constant	0.326***	0.110	− 3.326	0.001	0.169–0.631	0.137***	0.046	− 5.956	0.000	0.072–0.264
Observations			5441					4772
DF			14					14
Chi²			171.6					353.7
Log likelihood			− 3386					− 3130

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01

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