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Binge eating in a Slovenian population-based sample of adults

Maša Černelič Bizjak
Maša Černelič Bizjak
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Katarina Adamič
Katarina Adamič
   | 03 gen 2023
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Article Category: Original scientific article
Pubblicato online: 03 gen 2023
Pagine: 39 - 47
Ricevuto: 05 set 2022
Accettato: 17 nov 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2023-0006
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Descriptive statistics of reported binge eating, anxiety and emotional eating measures (n=1,487).

Measure Mean (SD)
Binge eating (score) 13.14 (9.15) *
Absent to minimal binge eating (%) 70
Mild to moderate binge eating (%) 20.1
Severe binge eating (%) 9.8
Anxiety (score) 40.50 (10.78) *
Mild (very low/low) (%) 21.4
Moderate (normal) (%) 33.8
Severe (high) (%) 23.8
Very high (%) 20.7
Emotional eating (score) 30.73 (12.26) *
Low emotional (%) 5.2
Average (%) 58.1
High (%) 15.2
Very high emotional (%) 21.5

Characteristics of subjects included in the study (n=1,487).

Characteristics Female Male
n (%) 1352 (90.9) 135 (9.1)
Age group: n (%)    
18–19 71 (5.2) 4 (2.9)
20–29 519 (38.4) 54 (39.7)
30–39 369 (27.3) 30 (22.8)
40–49 260 (19.2) 28 (20.6)
50–59 108 (7.9) 15 (11.0)
60–69 25 (1.8) 4 (2.9)
Body weight (kg) 60.04±13.61* 87.49±18.70*
Body height (cm) 161.53±6.6* 180.74±7.12*
BMI (kg/m2) 25.72±5.4* 26.72±5.3*

Frequencies and percentages of the survey participants by gender, age and BMI group, and the differences between the analysed scores and demographic characteristics (n=1,487).

    Binge eating (score)
 Anxiety (score)
 Emotional eating (score)
  n (%) M (SD) Difference between groups p-value M (SD) Difference between groups p-value M (SD) Difference between groups p-value
Gender                    
Males 1352 9.85 t = 4.4 <0.001*** 38.21 t=2.6 <0.01** 1.90 t=6.0 <0.001***
  (90.9) (7.7)     (10.1)     (0.8)    
Females 135 13.47     40.73     2.41    
  (9.1) (9.2)     (10.8)     (0.9)    
Age group                    
18–19 75 13.4 F= 1.1 0.33 44.8 F=6.6 <0.001*** 2.3 F=0.9 0.5
  (5.0) (8.6)     (11.1)     (0.8)    
20–29 565 13.3     41.7     2.4    
  (38.0) (8.8)     (10.6)     (0.9)    
30–39 400 13.7     40.2     2.4    
  (26.9) (9.3)     (10.9)     (0.9)    
40–49 286 12.5     38.0     2.3    
  (19.2) (9.6)     (9.8)     (0.9)    
50–59 122 12.2     39.8     2.2    
  (8.2) (9.1)     (11.5)     (0.8)    
60–69 39 11.4     39.1     2.2    
  (2.7) (9.3)     (11.6)     (1.1)    
Body mass index                    
BMI<18.5: 50 8.62 F=58.6 <0.001*** 43.2 F=3.5 0.02 1.9 F=35.6 <0.001***
underweight (3.4) (7.7)     (11.8)     (0.7)    
BMI 18.5-24.9: 816 11.14     40.0     2.2    
normal weight (54.9) (8.3)     (10.3)     (0.8)    
BMI≥25.0: 374 14.27     40.1     2.4    
overweight (25.2) (8.9)     (10.9)     (0.9)    
BMI≥30.0: 247 18.9     42.1     2.8    
obesity (16.6) (9.4)     (11.7)     (1.0)    

Linear and hierarchical multiple regression analysis with binge eating as the dependent variable.

Predictor Dependent variable Binge eating
  r ΔR2 F p β t p
Step 1   0.015 11.41 0.00      
Age (years) -0.06*       -0.05* -0.19 0.05*
Gender -0.12**       -0.11*** -4.28 0.00***
Step 2   0.069 37.15 0.00      
BMI 0.40**       0.24*** 9.35 0.00***
Step 3   0.267 108.60 0.00      
Emotional eating 0.01       0.02 0.72 0.471
Anxiety 0.46**       0.45*** 20.04 0.00***
Total R2   0.267          
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