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Table 3 Prevalence of eating disorders in a population at risk of ON and in a healthy population

From: Prevalence of orthorexia nervosa in university students and its relationship with psychopathological aspects of eating behaviour disorders

Dimension EDI-2

Orthorexia Nervosa

χ2

df

p-value

Yes (%)

No (%)

Drive for thinness

17.1

2.1

32.22

1

.00

Bulimia

2.6

0.0

9.99

1

.00

Body Dissatisfaction

26.3

12.4

9.69

1

.00

Ineffectiveness

9.2

4.0

3.77

1

.05

Perfectionism

14.5

4.8

9.98

1

.00

Interpersonal Distrust

6.6

8.7

0.38

1

.54

Interoceptive Awareness

13.2

1.3

27.74

1

.00

Maturity Fears

22.4

14.3

3.13

1

.08

Asceticism

15.8

3.7

17.12

1

.00

Impulse regulation

9.2

1.9

11.46

1

.00

Social Insecurity

11.8

8.5

0.88

1

.35

  1. Bold data indicates statistically significance (p < .05) indicated bold data