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Table 2 Phase 3 participant demographic characteristics

From: Development and preliminary validation of a novel eating disorder screening tool for vegetarians and vegans: the V-EDS

  

Total

(n = 460)

Vegetarian

(n = 230)

Vegan

(n = 230)

Statistics

Age

M (SD)

32.6 (10.4)

32.4 (10.4)

32.9 (10.5)

t(458) = −0.49, p = .622

Gender

% female (n)

83.9 (386)

81.7 (188)

86.1 (198)

χ2(3) = 2.54, p = .469

BMI

M (SD)

24.7 (5.7)

25.5 (6.2)

23.9 (5.0)

t(458) = 3.13, p = .002*

Ethnicity

% Australian (n)

51.3 (236)

53.9 (124)

48.7 (112)

χ2(7) = 11.64, p = .113

Religion

% no religion (n)

78.9 (363)

77.4 (178)

80.4 (185)

χ2(9) = 22.59, p = .007*

Education

% ≥ Bachelors (n)

65.4 (301)

68.3 (157)

62.6 (144)

H(1) = 2.30, p = .130

Eating disorder diagnosis

% (n)

25.6 (118)

27.4 (63)

23.9 (55)

χ2(2) = 0.75, p = .688

Mental health diagnosis

% (n)

45.2 (208)

43.0 (99)

47.4 (109)

χ2(1) = 0.88, p = .349

  1. *p = .01. Independent samples t-test or Mann–Whitney U test with main effect of dietary group was used to evaluate continuous and ordinal dependent variables; Chi-square test of independence for categorical row variables. Gender = male, female, non-binary, prefer not to disclose, prefer to self-describe; Ethnicity = English, Irish, Scottish, Italian, German, Chinese, Australian, other; Religion = no religion, Catholic, Anglican, Uniting Church, Presbyterian, Buddhism, Islam, Greek Orthodox, Baptist, Hinduism, other; Education = Doctoral degree, Master’s degree, Bachelor’s degree with Honours/Graduate Diploma/Graduate Certificate, Bachelor’s degree, Diploma/Advanced Diploma, Trade or Certificate III/IV, Certificate I/II, Year 12/Secondary School Certificate, Year 11 or below, other; Eating disorder diagnosis levels = yes current diagnosis, yes previous diagnosis, no; Mental health diagnosis = yes, no
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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