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Table 3 Comparison between students with and without eating disorders as regards sociodemographic data

From: Occurrence, sociodemographic, and clinical correlates of eating disorders among a sample of secondary school students in Egypt

Variables

Secondary school students in Eastern Tanta

X2 or t test and P value

With eating disorders (n = 38)

Without eating disorders (n = 369)

Age (years)

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

t = 0.04

P = 0.968

16-17

16.05 ± 0.23

16-17.5

16.05 ± 0.23

Gender

N

%

N

%

X2 = 17.647

P = 0.0001**

 Males

7

18

200

54

 Females

31

82

169

46

Father’s income

N

%

N

%

X2 = 3.854

P = 0.278

 No income

0

0

1

0.3

 Not enough

4

10.5

19

5.1

 Enough

24

63.2

203

55

 Enough and spare

10

26.3

146

39.6

Father’s description

N

%

N

%

X2 = 3.979

P = 0.264

 Kind

29

76.3

309

83.7

 Dominant

9

23.7

49

13.3

 Harmful

0

0

6

1.6

 Dictatorial

0

0

5

1.4

Mother’s description

N

%

N

%

X2 = 2.31

P = 0.511

 Kind

34

89.5

330

89.4

 Dominant

2

5.3

32

8.6

 Harmful

1

2.6

3

1

 Dictatorial

1

2.6

4

1

Crowding index

N

%

N

%

X2 = 0.032

P = 0.984

 One

5

13.2

49

13.3

 Two

31

81.5

298

80.7

 Three

2

5.3

22

6

Home atmosphere

N

%

N

%

X2 = 5.434

P = 0.143

 Warm

8

21.1

109

30

 Peaceful

17

44.7

185

50

 Over-criticizing

6

15.8

45

12

 Full of problems, annoying

7

18.4

30

8

  1. X2 = chi-square test, P value: (*) significant if P < 0.05 and (**) highly significant if P < 0.001
  2. t = Student’s t test