Binge eating, purging and non-purging compensatory behaviours decrease from adolescence to adulthood: A population-based, longitudinal study

Table 4 Tukey-Kramer post hoc comparisons of the groups of binge eating and compensatory behaviours1

Variables	BEO v. BE-CB	BEO v. P-CB	BEO vs. NP-CB	BEO v. NoS	BE-CB v. P-CB	BE-CB v. NP-CB	BE-CB v. NoS	P-CB v. NP-CB	P-CB v. NoS	NP-CB v. NoS
BMI	1.81	0.90	5.67**	2.48	0.33	1.41	0.80	1.39	0.15	4.96**
Appearance satisfaction	4.68**	11.85**	5.57**	1.54	7.31**	1.54	5.73**	9.59**	12.75**	8.77**
Anxiety symptoms	5.48**	12.15**	4.02*	0.53	7.18**	3.20	6.12**	10.51**	12.75**	5.76**
Depressive symptoms	6.65**	12.19**	5.26**	0.40	6.40**	3.67	6.92**	10.06**	12.77**	6.41**
Self-worth	4.26*	1.25	2.29	0.73	1.56	2.95	4.91**	0.31	1.53	3.72
Alcohol consumption	1.63	5.27**	4.89**	4.87**	3.52	1.11	0.46	3.29	3.93*	1.59
EAT-12	16.07**	28.53**	25.33**	0.39	14.65**	1.79	17.07**	18.29**	29.41**	32.66**
BITE-30	6.26**	19.94**	17.14**	3.07	13.31**	3.35	5.32**	13.06**	19.67**	19.31**
Relationship to parents:
Overprotection	0.93	1.73	1.22	0.08	2.05	1.57	1.02	1.24	1.76	1.48
Care	0.16	6.03**	0.22	0.37	5.23**	0.28	0.32	5.89**	6.11**	0.05
Instability of self-concept	4.49*	7.20**	6.36**	2.87	3.40	0.97	5.96**	4.65**	8.25**	10.70**
Social support	0.99	0.44	0.88	0.62	0.99	0.51	1.32	0.78	0.27	1.72
Loneliness	2.43	5.41**	1.68	2.16	3.12	1.47	1.68	4.71**	4.95**	0.19

*Significant differences among groups at p < .05
**Significant differences between groups at p < .01
¹Tukey-Kramer test values were derived from the analysis of covariance in Table 3
BMI body mass index, EAT-12 Eating Attitude Test, BITE Bulimic Investigatory Test, Edinburgh, BEO binge eating only (without CB), BE-CB binge eating combined with any of compensatory behaviour, P-CB purging behaviours, NP-CB non-purging behaviours; NoS - participants who did not report any binge eating and or behaviours

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