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Table 2 Association between stress-driven eating behaviour and obesity measures (body mass index, waist circumference, overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity)

From: Stress-related eating, obesity and associated behavioural traits in adolescents: a prospective population-based cohort study

Measure or degree of obesity

Girls

Boys

 

Non-stress-driven eaters n = 2026

Stress-driven eaters n = 1538

 

Non-stress-driven eaters n = 2757

Stress-driven eaters n = 496

 
 

Mean (95% CI)

n (%)

Mean (95% CI)

n (%)

p2-test)

Mean (95% CI)

n (%)

Mean (95% CI)

n (%)

p2-test)

Body mass index (kg/m 2 )

21.0 (20.8, 21.1)

 

21.4 (21.3, 21.6)

  

21.0 (20.9, 21.1)

 

21.8 (21.4, 22.1)

  

Waist circumference (cm)

71.4 (71.1, 71.8)

 

72.6 72.1, 73.0)

  

75.5 (75.1, 75.8)

 

77.2 (76.2, 78.2)

  

Normal weight + underweight

 

1757 (87.4)

 

1296 (84.7)

  

2285 (83.8)

 

388 (78.5)

 

Overweight

 

208 (10.3)

 

177 (11.6)

  

336 (12.3)

 

77 (15.6)

 

Obesity

 

45 (2.2)

 

58 (3.8)

0.010

 

106 (3.9)

 

29 (5.9)

0.012

Abdominal obesity

 

215 (12.1)

 

198 (14.7)

  

236 (9.7)

 

58 (13.5)

 

No abdominal obesity

 

1566 (87.9)

 

1152 (85.3)

0.037

 

2194 (90.3)

 

371 (86.5)

0.020