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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Female gender, dissatisfaction with weight, and number of IBD related surgeries as independent risk factors for eating disorders among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

 

EAT 26 screen negative (n = 293)

EAT 26 screen positive (n = 15)

Statistical test; p-value

Age

18–24

26

1

Fisher’s exact; p = 0.83

25–34

83

6

35–44

75

4

45–54

41

3

55–64

43

1

65 + 

25

0

Self-identified gender

Female

182

14

Fisher’s exact; p = 0.031

Male

110

1

Non-binary

1

0

Race

White

239

13

Fisher’s exact; p = 0.144

Hispanic

7

0

Black

24

1

Asian

21

0

Pacific islander

0

1

Other

2

0

Type of IBD

CD

164

10

Fisher’s exact; p = 0.272

UC

91

2

Indeterminate

38

3

BMI kg/m2 (mean ± standard deviation)

30.9 ± 11.6

26.9 ± 6.91

Simple logistic regression; p = 0.045, R2 = 0.034

  1. Comparison of demographic data for patients with IBD that screened positively for ED risk compared to those that screened negatively for ED risk by EAT-26