Table 1 Age, educational sector, dental fear, SCOFF status, BMI, mental well-being, attitude towards food and diagnosed eating disorders of the study population (n = 3090) by gender
|
All n (%) |
Men n (%) |
Women n (%) | p value§ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (2877) | < 0.001 | |||
| 19–24 | 1444 (50.2) | 634 (46.2) | 810 (53.9) | |
| 25–30 | 1178 (40.9) | 623 (45.4) | 555 (36.9) | |
| 31–35 | 255 (8.9) | 116 (8.4) | 139 (9.2) | |
| Educational sector (3077) | 0.440 | |||
| Univ | 1829 (59.4) | 852 (58.7) | 977 (60.1) | |
| UAS | 1248 (40.6) | 599 (41.3) | 649 (39.9) | |
| Dental fear (3013) | < 0.001 | |||
| No or low dental fear | 2779 (92.2) | 1352 (96.2) | 1427 (88.8) | |
| High dental fear | 234 (7.8) | 54 (3.8) | 180 (11.2) | |
| SCOFF status* (3003) | < 0.001 | |||
| Negative (< 2) | 2728 (90.8) | 1372 (96.4) | 1356 (85.8) | |
| Positive (≥ 2) | 275 (9.2) | 51 (3.6) | 224 (14.2) | |
| BMI† (3006) | < 0.001 | |||
| < 18.5 (underweight) | 61 (2.0) | 16 (1.1) | 45 (2.8) | |
| 18.5–24.9 (normal weight) | 2031 (67.6) | 901 (63.3) | 1130 (71.4) | |
| 25–29.9 (overweight) | 718 (23.9) | 429 (30.1) | 289 (18.3) | |
| ≥ 30 (obese and extremely obese) | 196 (6.5) | 77 (5.4) | 119 (7.5) | |
| Mental well-being | ||||
| Poor or moderate | 1060 (34.6) | 495 (34.2) | 564 (35.0) | 0.634 |
| Good or very good | 2000 (65.4) | 952 (65.8) | 1048 (65.0) | |
| Normal attitude towards food (3037) | < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 2451 (80.7) | 1273 (88.6) | 1178 (73.6) | |
| No/I don’t know | 586 (19.3) | 164 (11.4) | 422 (26.4) | |
| Diagnosed eating disorders | ||||
| Anorexia (2454) | 11 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 10 (0.8) | 0.010 |
| Bulimia (2426) | 14 (0.6) | 2 (0.2) | 12 (1.0) | 0.010 |
| Other (2415) | 27 (1.1) | 3 (0.3) | 24 (1.9) | < 0.001 |