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Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to BMI

From: Emotional and external eating styles associated with obesity

Variables

High BMI (n = 110)

Normal BMI (n = 90)

All participants (n = 200)

Gender (female)

63.63% (70)*

55.77% (52)

61% (122)

Age (years)

41.73 (9.69)*

35 (8.62)

38.31 (11.35)

BMI (Kg/m2)

33.31 (3.3)***

22 (1.71)

27.81 (6.42)

WC (cm)

110 (6.24)***

81.8 (6.27)

96.57 (15.54)

Body fat (%)

38.77 (7.91)***

23.25 (4.62)

31.38 (10.18)

DEBQ’S scores

   

 Emotional

2.88 (0.99)**

1.71 (0.32)

2.26 (1.41)

 External

3.31 (0.68)**

1.96 (0.29)

2.83 (0.89)

 Restrained

1.81 (0.7)ns

1.3 (0.30)

1.75 (0.9)

  1. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, ns; no significant. Values expressed mean (SD) or % (n)