Study of disturbed eating behaviors in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Relation of family dynamics with BMI z-scores

	% BMI for age		Test value	P value	Sig.
	Mean ± SD	Range	Test value	P value	Sig.
Family obesity
Average	30.71 ± 30.87	3–84	11.124^b	< 0.01	HS
Overweight	67.08 ± 35.07	5–96
Obese	87.2 ± 7.61	75–95
Family meal
Not present	92.29 ± 2.81	89–96	24.674^b	< 0.001	HS
Irregular	70.63 ± 29.4	3–94
Regular	31.2 ± 31.04	3–85
Reaction to EB
Appropriate	22.5 ± 16.72	10–55	159.757^b	< 0.001	HS
Criticism	91.88 ± 3.84	84–96
Restriction	80.25 ± 12.47	50–89
Pressure to eat	3.67 ± 1.03	3–5
Environment
Quarrelsome	79.62 ± 23.96	3–96	6.703	< 0.01	HS
Harmonious	27.67 ± 30.13	3–86	6.703	< 0.01	HS
Housing
Extended	79.1 ± 22.42	25–96	3.15^a	< 0.01	HS
Separate	48.8 ± 38.84	3–95	3.15^a	< 0.01	HS
Maternal education
Low	91.5 ± 4.03	85–96	18.621^b	< 0.001	HS
Middle	26.43 ± 18.34	10–55
High	65.75 ± 36.91	3–95
Paternal education
Low	76.12 ± 26.19	10–92	2.047^b	0.078	NS
Middle	44.3 ± 30.78	25–80
High	67.51 ± 37.81	3–96
Maternal occupation
House wife	51.73 ± 36.36	5–95	1.616^a	0.113	NS
Working	68.14 ± 35.09	3–96	1.616^a	0.113	NS
Paternal occupation
Professional	56.32 ± 38.86	10–94	1.439^a	0.285	NS
Laborer	63.25 ± 21.9	3–95	1.439^a	0.285	NS

SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, Sig. significance, HS highly significance, NS non-significance
^aIndependent t test
^bOne-way ANOVA test