From: The changing demographic profile of eating disorder behaviors in the community
1998 (n = 3010) | 2008 (n = 3034) | |||||
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n(%) | n(%) | χ2 | P | OR(95% CI)† | P | |
Objective binge eating | ||||||
Males | 38 (2.6) | 61 (4.1) | 5.29 | 0.02 | 1.91 (1.17 – 3.10) | 0.01 |
Females | 42 (2.7) | 88 (5.7) | 16.71 | < 0.001 | 2.53 (1.61 – 3.96) | < 0.001 |
Metropolitan | 50 (2.4) | 103 (4.6) | 15.05 | < 0.001 | 1.74 (1.15 – 2.64) | 0.01 |
Regional | 30 (3.2) | 46 (5.8) | 6.82 | 0.01 | 1.95 (1.04 – 3.67) | 0.04 |
< median income | 26 (2.3) | 72 (5.7) | 17.78 | < 0.001 | 3.29 (1.88 – 5.77)c | < 0.001 |
> median income | 47 (3.3) | 51 (4.4) | 2.28 | 0.13 | 1.26 (0.83 – 1.92) | 0.28 |
15-24 years | 20 (3.8) | 43 (8.7) | 10.31 | 0.00 | 2.81 (1.39 – 5.69) | 0.00 |
25-44 years | 41 (3.6) | 53 (5.3) | 3.95 | 0.05 | 1.39 (0.86 – 2.23) | 0.18 |
≥ 45 years | 19 (1.4) | 54 (3.5) | 12.53 | < 0.001 | 1.90 (1.04 – 3.46) | 0.04 |
Extreme dieting | ||||||
Males | 8 (0.5) | 35 (2.4) | 16.96 | < 0.001 | 4.87 (2.14 – 11.09)a | < 0.001 |
Females | 38 (2.5) | 66 (4.3) | 7.69 | 0.01 | 1.69 (1.09 – 2.63) | 0.02 |
Metropolitan | 27 (1.3) | 73 (3.3) | 18.27 | < 0.001 | 2.76 (1.64 – 4.65)b | < 0.001 |
Regional | 19 (2.0) | 28 (3.5) | 3.69 | 0.06 | 1.25 (0.57 – 2.74)) | 0.57 |
< median income | 10 (0.9) | 42 (3.4) | 16.89 | < 0.001 | 6.31 (2.64 – 15.08)c | < 0.001 |
> median income | 27 (1.9) | 40 (3.5) | 6.36 | 0.01 | 1.85 (1.13 – 3.05) | 0.02 |
15-24 years | 19 (3.6) | 22 (4.5) | 0.43 | 0.51 | 1.67 (0.70 – 3.96) | 0.25 |
25-44 years | 20 (1.7) | 49 (4.9) | 17.53 | < 0.001 | 2.52 (1.46 – 4.37) | 0.00 |
≥ 45 years | 8 (0.6) | 30 (1.9) | 9.99 | 0.00 | 4.43 (1.68 – 11.70) | 0.00 |
Purging | ||||||
Males | 2 (0.1) | 7 (0.5) | 2.75 | 0.10 | 6.15 (1.22 – 31.10)a | 0.03 |
Females | 26 (1.7) | 23 (1.5) | 0.21 | 0.65 | 0.93 (0.48 – 1.80) | 0.83 |
Metropolitan | 17 (0.8) | 22 (1.0) | 0.32 | 0.57 | 1.59 (0.75 – 3.37) | 0.23 |
Regional | 11 (1.2) | 7 (0.9) | 0.35 | 0.55 | 0.64 (0.13 – 3.18) | 0.58 |
< median income | 9 (0.8) | 14 (1.1) | 0.62 | 0.43 | 4.28 (1.20 – 15.26)c | 0.03 |
> median income | 15 (1.0) | 8 (0.7) | 0.91 | 0.34 | 0.80 (0.34 – 1.89) | 0.61 |
15-24 years | 11 (2.1) | 6 (1.2) | 1.22 | 0.27 | 1.88 (0.42 – 8.33) | 0.41 |
25-44 years | 14 (1.2) | 9 (0.9) | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.55 (0.21 – 1.49) | 0.24 |
≥ 45 years | 3 (0.2) | 14 (0.9) | 5.70 | 0.02 | 9.48 (1.21 – 74.51)d | 0.03 |