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Table 2 Comparisons between the AN/BN, Obesity/BED, Diet and Control groups

From: Orthorexia Nervosa: differences between clinical and non-clinical samples

 

AN/BN (1)

N = 90

Obesity/BED (2)

N = 54

DIET (3)

N = 91

CONTROL (4)

N = 94

F (d.f.)

p

Partial η2

Bonferroni post-hoc comparison (p)

α

EHQ-21-TOT

55.27 (15.45)

47.91

(10.96)

50.99

(8.84)

36.22

(7.54)

50.19(3)

<.001

.32

1 > 2;4 (<.001)

4 < 2;3 (<.001)

(1) = .93

(2) = .88

(3) = .85

(4) = .85

EHQ-21-PROBLEMS MEAN (SD)

30.92

(10.23)

22.55

(6.01)

22.69

(5.86)

15.26

(3.50)

80.00(3)

<.001

.42

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

4 < 2;3 (<.001)

(1) = .92

(2) = .75

(3) = .81

(4) = .75

EHQ-21-KNOWLEDGEMEAN (SD)

13.33

(3.90)

13.94

(3.55)

16.38

(2.61)

11.86

(3.03)

30.44(3)

<.001

.22

4 < 1;2 (<.05)

3 > 1;2;4 (<.001)

(1) = .79

(2) = .75

(3) = .74

(4) = .79

EHQ-21-FEELINGS MEAN (SD)

11.01 (3.08)

11.42

(2.82)

11.91

(2.52)

9.11

(2.70)

17.49(3)

<.001

.14

4 < 1;2;3 (<.001)

(1) = .61

(2) = .72

(3) = .65

(4) = .71

EDI-3-TOT MEAN (SD)

179.84

(55.15)

121.89

(60.53)

57.97

(30.62)

62.18

(36.62)

143.64(3)

<.001

.57

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

2 > 3;4 (<.001)

(1) = .96

(2) = .97

(3) = .94

(4) = .96

EDI-3-DRIVE FOR THINNESS MEAN (SD)

17.99

(7.34)

12.98

(6.95)

5.92

(3.25)

4.12

(4.21)

119.72(3)

<.001

.53

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

2 > 3;4 (<.001)

(1) = .85

(2) = .79

(3) = .72 (4) = .82

EDI-3-BULIMIA MEAN (SD)

10.28

(10.17)

9.57

(8.14)

2.65

(3.56)

2.86

(3.20)

31.52(3)

<.001

.23

1 > 3;4 (<.001)

2 > 3;4 (<.001)

(1) = .93

(2) = .90

(3) = .84

(4) = .77

EDI-3-BODY DISSATISFACTION MEAN (SD)

25.93

(9.94)

24.08

(9.34)

10.73

(8.42)

12.18

(9.15)

61.00(3)

<.001

.36

1 > 3;4 (<.001)

2 > 3;4 (<.001)

(1) = .87

(2) = .81

(3) = .87

(4) = .91

MPS-TOT

MEAN (SD)

113.94

(23.73)

93.32

(22.61)

94.43

(24.99)

95.53

(24.18)

15.27(3)

<.001

.12

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

(1) = .94

(2) = .92

(3) = .95

(4) = .95

OCI-R-TOT MEAN (SD)

25.77

(14.96)

13.53

(13.74)

13.55

(11.87)

8.55

(9.52)

30.96(3)

<.001

.22

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

3 > 4 (<.05)

(1) = .90

(2) = .94

(3) = .91

(4) = .91

BAI-TOT MEAN (SD)

26.67 (14.46)

9.36

(10.45)

7.36

(9.62)

9.50

(7.80)

60.50(3)

<.001

.36

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

(1) = .93

(2) = .93

(3) = .94

(4) = .88

BDI-II-TOT MEAN (SD)

30.14

(14.49)

11.87

(11.44)

6.88

(7.49)

7.10

(7.81)

97.75(3)

<.001

.48

1 > 2;3;4 (<.001)

2 > 3 (<.05)

(1) = .93

(2) = .94

(3) = .90

(4) = .92

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, EHQ-21 Eating Habits Questionnaire-21, BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II, OCI-R Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised, MPS Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, EDI-3 Eating Disorder Inventory-3, AN/BN AnorexiaNervosa/BulimiaNervosa, Obesity/BED Obesity/Binge Eating Disorder, SD Standard Deviation, n.s. Not statistically significant, d.f. degrees of freedom, α Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient
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