Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Adults with Celiac Disease

Table 2

Profile of celiac disease (CD) and healthy controls (HC) groups according to EDI-2 scores in women in Table 2(a) and men in Table 2(b).

(a)

EDI-2 women	CD	HC	𝑃
Pulse thinness	𝟔.𝟏±𝟒.𝟐	𝟐.𝟔±𝟐.𝟔	0.001
Bulimia	1.2±2.0	2.0±2.6	Ns
Dissatisfaction for own body	7.2±5.9	6.1±5.3	Ns
Interpersonal diffidence	𝟒.𝟐±𝟑.𝟒	𝟐.𝟐±𝟏.𝟖	0.01
Perfectionism	𝟓.𝟎±𝟐.𝟗	𝟑.𝟏±𝟑.𝟐	0.03
Inadequacy	𝟓.𝟐±𝟒.𝟒	𝟐.𝟐±𝟐.𝟐	0.03
Interceptive awareness	3.6±3.2	2.2±3.5	Ns
Fear of maturity	3.4±3.5	3.7±2.9	Ns
Asceticism	𝟓.𝟗±𝟒.𝟓	𝟐.𝟐±𝟐.𝟎	0.001
Impulsivity	3.4±4.0	2.3±3.4	Ns
Social insecurity	𝟔.𝟕±𝟓.𝟑	𝟑.𝟎±𝟐.𝟔	0.003

Data are expressed as means (M) and standard deviation (SD).
Data showed in bold are significantly different (𝑃<0.05) between groups.
Ns: not statistically significant; CD: celiac disease group; HC: Healthy controls group.

(b)

EDI-2 men	CD	HC	𝑃
Pulse thinness	1.4±1.3	3.3±2.3	Ns
Bulimia	2.2±3.9	1.7±1.2	Ns
Dissatisfaction for own body	4.4±2.8	4.4±2.0	Ns
Interpersonal diffidence	2.8±1.5	1.4±1.7	Ns
Perfectionism	3.4±2.2	1.6±1.3	Ns
Inadequacy	4.0±4.3	2.6±2.3	Ns
Interceptive awareness	𝟒.𝟎±𝟐.𝟗	𝟏.𝟏±𝟏.𝟓	0.02
Fear of maturity	4.2±6.3	2.6±1.7	Ns
Ascetisms	3.4±3.5	2.3±2.0	Ns
Impulsivity	2.2±2.3	2.7±2.1	Ns
Social insecurity	4.4±4.8	3.1±3.2	Ns

Data are expressed as means (M) and standard deviation (SD). Data showed in bold are significantly different (𝑃<0.05) between groups.
Ns: not statistically different.