Influence of Physical Activity Participation on the Associations between Eating Behaviour Traits and Body Mass Index in Healthy Postmenopausal Women

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation coefficients for the associations between eating behaviour traits, and BMI in women characterized by either lower or higher physical activity participation.

	Pearson correlations with BMI		Comparison of correlation strength
	Lower physical activity participation	Higher physical activity participation	P-values
Eating behaviour traits
n	64	49
Dietary restraint	−0.16NS	−0.54∗∗∗	.02
Flexible dietary restraint	−0.24∗	−0.55∗∗∗	.06
Rigid dietary restraint	−0.04NS	−0.37 𝜁	.07
Disinhibition	0.55∗∗∗	0.42∗∗	.38
Habitual disinhibition	0.49∗∗∗	0.24NS	.14
Emotional disinhibition	0.58∗∗∗	0.41∗∗	.25
Situational disinhibition	0.35∗∗	0.30∗	.77
Hunger	0.45∗∗∗	0.33∗	.47
Internal hunger	0.41§	0.20NS	.23
External hunger	0.49∗∗∗	0.14NS	.04

∗, 𝑃<.05; 𝜁, 𝑃<.01; ∗∗, 𝑃<.005; §, 𝑃<.001; ∗∗∗, 𝑃<.0001; NS, not significant.