Table 2 Age, gender, educational sector, dental fear, SCOFF status, BMI, mental well-being, attitude towards food of the study population (n = 3003) by SCOFF and by dental fear
| Â | SCOFF | Dental fear | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All n | SCOFF positive* n (%) | p-value§ | All n | High n (%) | p-value§ | |
Age | 2882 | Â | Â | 2834 | Â | 0.097 |
 19–24 | 1407 | 125 (8.9) |  | 1310 | 112 (7.9) |  |
 25–30 | 1145 | 114 (10.0) |  | 1066 | 92 (7.9) |  |
 31–35 | 250 | 16 (6.4) |  | 254 | 30 (11.8) |  |
Gender | 3003 |  |  < 0.001 | 3013 |  |  < 0.001 |
 Men | 1423 | 51 (3.6) |  | 1406 | 54 (3.8) |  |
 Women | 1580 | 224 (14.2) |  | 1607 | 180 (11.2) |  |
Educational sector | 3003 | Â | 0.033 | 3014 | Â | 0.003 |
 Univ | 1775 | 146 (8.2) |  | 1807 | 119 (6.6) |  |
 UAS | 1228 | 129 (10.5) |  | 1207 | 115 (9.5) |  |
Dental fear | 2943 |  |  < 0.001 | – | – |  |
 No or low dental fear | 2715 | 229 (8.4) |  | – | – |  |
 High dental fear | 228 | 39 (17.1) |  | – | – |  |
SCOFF status | – | – |  | 2943 |  |  < 0.001 |
 Negative (< 2) | – | – |  | 2675 | 189 (7.0) |  |
 Positive (≥ 2) | – | – |  | 268 | 39 (14.5) |  |
BMI†| 2955 |  |  < 0.001 | 2945 |  |  < 0.001 |
 < 18.5 (underweight) | 62 | 9 (14.5) |  | 62 | 6 (9.7) |  |
 18.5–24.9 (normal weight) | 1996 | 148 (7.5) |  | 1978 | 137 (6.9) |  |
 25–29.9 (overweight) | 705 | 77 (10.9) |  | 712 | 55 (7.7) |  |
 ≥ 30 (obese or extremely obese) | 192 | 36 (18.8) |  | 193 | 31 (16.0) |  |
Mental well-being | 2990 |  |  < 0.001 | 2765 |  |  < 0.001 |
 Poor or moderate | 1035 | 165 (15.9) |  | 922 | 110 (10.7) |  |
 Good or very good | 1935 | 109 (5.6) |  | 1843 | 122 (6.2) |  |
Normal attitude towards food | 2987 |  |  < 0.001 | 2975 |  |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 2412 | 64 (2.6) |  | 2399 | 157 (6.5) |  |
 No/I don’t know | 575 | 209 (36.3) |  | 576 | 75 (13.0) |  |