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Table 7 Relation between emotional eating and child eating behavior and types of ADHD

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

 

Hyperactive

Inattentive

Combined

Test value

P value

Sig.

No. = 8

No. = 16

No. = 26

Relation between Emotional Eating assessed by EES-C and types of ADHD

 EESC-AAF

  Mean ± SD

28.00 ± 2.00

30.00 ± 3.10

32.69 ± 2.81

10.311b

< 0.05

S

  Range

25–30

25–33

27–39

 EESC-D

  Mean ± SD

16.25 ± 1.75

35.63 ± 0.89

25.31 ± 10.11

19.877b

< 0.01

HS

  Range

15–19

35–37

11–36

 EESC-U

  Mean ± SD

6.50 ± 1.60

18.13 ± 1.41

13.00 ± 5.48

21.752b

< 0.01

HS

  Range

4–8

15–20

6–19

 EESC-H

  Mean ± SD

4.00 ± 0.00

4.75 ± 0.68

4.31 ± 0.74

3.961b

> 0.05

NS

  Range

4–4

3–5

3–5

 Total

  Mean ± SD

54.75 ± 0.89

88.50 ± 3.14

75.31 ± 14.50

26.588b

< 0.001

HS

  Range

54–56

84–94

54–91

 EESC group

  Low EE

5 (62.5%)

2 (12.5%)

9 (34.6%)

6.298a

< 0.05

S

  High EE

3 (37.5%)

14 (87.5%)

17 (65.4%)

Relation between Eating Behaviors assessed by CEBQ and types of ADHD

 CEBQ-approach

  Mean ± SD

34.00 ± 5.90

63.50 ± 1.71

53.23 ± 14.32

20.147

<0.01

HS

  Range

29–43

61–66

32–81

 CEBQ-avoid

  Mean ± SD

80.50 ± 3.74

45.00 ± 5.01

59.15 ± 17.83

18.935

<0.001

HS

  Range

75–84

34–51

34–85

  1. EESC Emotional Eating Scale for Children, EESC-AAF EESC Anger, Anxiety and Frustration, EESC-D EESC Depression, EESC-U EESC Unsettled, EESC-H EESC Happiness, CEBQ Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire, Sig. significance, HS highly significance, NS non-significance, S significance
  2. aChi-square test
  3. bOne-way ANOVA test