Table 1 Demographic and descriptive data of study population for the cross-sectional comparison

# participants (men)

24 (0)

20 (3)

16 (5)

Age [years]

23 (18–41)

24 (18–38)

32 (19–56)^a

BMI [kg/m²]^b

14.4 (11.9–16.0)

21.9 (18.9–24.9)

34.9 (29.6–41.5)

LDQ^b

7 ± 2.6

1.3 ± 1.1

4.1 ± 2.0

GCSI^b

2.1 ± 1.4

0.4 ± 0.6

0.7 ± 0.8

BDI^b

26.0 ± 9.6

3.5 ± 2.0

7.6 ± 7.5

STAI (state)^b

62.6 ± 8.6

45.1 ± 7.6

54.2 ± 6.2

STAI (trait)^b

66.4 ± 10.1

45.0 ± 7.2

51.9 ± 10.6