Binge Eating Behavior and Weight Loss Maintenance over a 2-Year Period

Table 3

Demographic and psychological characteristics stratified by baseline binge status and overall binge status.

Demographics, weight, and psychological characteristics	No baseline binge; mean (SD) or %; (𝑛=315)	Baseline binge eating; mean (SD) or %; (𝑛=76)	𝑃	No binge; mean (SD) or %; (𝑛=292)	Inconsistent binge; mean (SD) or %; (𝑛=74)	Consistent binge; mean (SD) or %; (𝑛=52)	𝑃
Age (y)	47.0 (10.4)	45.0 (11.7)	0.145	47.4 (10.3)	42.6 (11.4)	47.2 (11.1)	0.002*
Weight (lbs)	173.7 (33.5)	183.2 (39.5)	0.034*	173.3 (33.6)	181.5 (40.0)	183.9 (37.0)	0.048*
Body Mass Index (kg/m^2)	28.1 (4.5)	29.6 (5.5)	0.028*	27.9 (4.8)	29.6 (5.5)	29.5 (4.9)	0.007*
Gender
% Female	81.0	82.9	0.697	79.5	87.8	84.6	0.209
Treatment group
% Self-directed control	49.2	52.6	0.592	47.3	54.1	61.5	0.127
Ethnicity
% non-Hispanic white	92.8	90.7	0.536	92.3	88.6	92.2	0.598
Employment status
% Employed	84.8	77.6	0.135	82.9	86.5	73.1	0.136
Marital status
% Married	66.8	65.3	0.553	67.1	63.2	66.7	0.570
% Previously married	19.8	16.7		20.0	17.6	14.6
% Never married	13.4	18.1		12.9	19.1	18.8
Baseline CES-D depression score	4.8 (3.5)	6.1 (4.0)	0.007*	4.9 (3.5)	5.7 (4.8)	5.9 (3.7)	0.077
Average CES-D depression score	5.1 (3.5)	6.2 (3.8)	0.019*	5.0 (3.4)	6.5 (4.5)	6.4 (3.6)	0.001*
Withdrawal status (%)
Yes	8.3	6.6	0.628	8.6	4.1	5.8	0.371

^∗𝑃 for difference <0.05.