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Table 1 Demographic comparisons of the included sample

From: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health: a cross-sectional study on eating disorder patients and their unaffected siblings

 

aED

N = 66

aHS

N = 54

AED

N = 88

AHS

N = 65

F

ED*Age

p

2

Age

16.77 (1.41)

16.74 (1.45)

25.28 (7.46)

27.54 (8.90)

2.706

0.102

BMI

18.26 (2.88)

20.78 (2.32)

21.34 (6.79)

21.85 (3.69)

0.466

0.495

Years of education

8.35 (2.53)

8.69 (1.75)

13.33 (2.84)

14.01 (2.58)

0.910

0.341

Sex, F (%)

55 (83.33)

47 (87.04)

80 (90.91)

53 (81.54)

2.877*

0.090

Previous COVID-19 infection, yes (%)

5 (7.57)

2 (3.70)

7 (7.95)

7 (10.77)

2.299*

0.513

Current COVID-19 ED-effects

26.69 (8.32)

12.67 (9.13)

25.69 (8.49)

11.54 (9.02)

0.271

0.604

IES-R

 Intrusion

16.76 (7.91)

7.00 (7.04)

9.15 (6.20)

5.67 (4.90)

17.385

< 0.001

0.154

 Avoidance

15.33 (8.85)

5.97 (4.94)

8.77 (6.59)

4.84 (4.33)

9.085

0.003

0.162

 Hyperarousal

14.11 (7.09)

5.60 (4.90)

8.16 (5.44)

4.99 (4.63)

14.058

< 0.001

0.160

 IES-R total

46.20 (22.04)

18.57 (15.40)

26.08 (16.58)

15.49 (12.52)

15.901

< 0.001

0.180

EDE-Q

 Restraint

3.56 (1.90)

0.41 (0.79)

2.79 (1.87)

0.59 (1.09)

4.500

0.035

0.008

 Eating concern

3.48 (1.42)

0.82 (1.47)

3.09 (1.66)

0.47 (0.94)

0.003

0.959

 Shape concern

4.97 (1.25)

1.44 (1.79)

4.03 (1.82)

1.36 (1.44)

1.508

0.221

 Weight concern

4.16 (1.64)

1.04 (1.44)

3.41 (2.03)

1.09 (1.25)

1.281

0.259

 Global

4.04 (1.39)

0.93 (1.34)

3.33 (1.67)

0.88 (1.08)

1.106

0.294

SCL-58

 SOM

2.22 (1.07)

0.93 (0.92)

1.41 (0.84)

0.66 (0.58)

6.640

0.011

0.125

 OC

2.07 (1.11)

0.93 (0.96)

1.37 (0.95)

0.63 (0.65)

4.166

0.042

0.084

 IS

1.93 (1.17)

0.74 (0.79)

1.29 (0.86)

0.61 (0.63)

5.739

0.017

0.187

 D

2.12 (1.15)

0.93 (0.81)

1.53 (0.88)

0.72 (0.60)

3.485

0.065

 A

2.17 (1.15)

1.11 (0.88)

1.55 (0.93)

0.80 (0.62)

2.354

0.127

 GSI

2.15 (1.02)

0.94 (0.85)

1.50 (0.86)

0.71 (0.58)

4.496

0.035

0.234

  1. Means and standard deviations (SD) are reported in the table
  2. SOM somatization, OC obsessive–compulsive, IS interpersonal sensitivity, D depression, A anxiety, GSI global severity index, a adolescent, A adult, ED eating disorder, HS healthy sibling
  3. *Chi-square test