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Table 3 Clinical background and life history

From: Eating disorders among patients incarcerated only for repeated shoplifting: a retrospective quasi-case-control study in a medical prison in Japan

 

Shoplifting (S) Group (n = 41)

Drug-offense (D) Group (n = 14)

Control (C) Group (n = 34)

TS

p

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Family environment

     

  Anti-social feature

0 (0a)

6 (43b)

8 (24c)

13.4

0.001

  Poverty

4 (10a)

11 (79b)

11 (32c)

20.1

<0.001

  Family breakup

9 (22a)

10 (71b)

13 (38a)

9.1

0.011

  Alcoholism trend

6 (15)

6 (43)

10 (29)

3.5

0.17

  Infantile abuse (physical, sexual)

1 (2a)

7 (50b)

6 (17b)

14.5

<0.001

Juvenile delinquency (arrest) history

0 (0)

12 (86b)

15 (44c)

36.7

<0.001

Experience as regular employee

39 (95a)

3 (21b)

18 (53b)

27.2

<0.001

Prostitution as primary job

2 (5a)

8 (57b)

14 (41b)

16.9

<0.001

Marriage history rate

20 (49)

11 (79)

18 (53)

2.7

0.26

Divorce

10 (24a)

8 (57b)

11 (61b)

3.7

0.15

Connection with antisocial person

0 (0a)

11 (79b)

12 (35c)

31.8

<0.001

Interpersonal relation other than parents (maintained for one year until their arrests)

13 (32a)

13 (93b)

28 (82b)

23.9

<0.001

 

Mean (s. d.)

Mean (s. d.)

M (s. d.)

  

Education years

13.1a (1.7)

9.6b (0.9)

9.9b (1.5)

53.8*

<0.001*

Range

9–16

9–12

9–16

  
  1. Significance level: p < 0.05.
  2. Statistical tests used were the χ 2 test or Yates exact test for dichotomous variables. Post-hoc analyses for significant differences are indicated by superscript letters “a,” “b,” and “c”; groups sharing a letter did not significantly differ. Degree of freedom (df): χ 2 test for all three groups, 2.
  3. *Non-repeated–measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Test was two-tailed. Significant ANOVA results were followed by post-hoc tests with Bonferroni’s correction for multiple analyses: first df = 2, second df = 86.