The Effect of Bigorexia Nervosa on Eating Attitudes and Physical Activity: A Study on University Students

Table 2

Comparison of demographics and nutritional findings of university students with IPAQ, MASS, and EAT-40 scores.

Gender	IPAQ	MASS	EAT-40
	Median (min-max)	Median (min-max)	Median (min-max)
Male	522.5 (0–10533)	55 (21–88)	155 (41–240)
Female	502.5 (0–9763.5)	46.5 (19–90)	162 (59–240)
U	97927	76786	96815.5
	0.267	<0.001	0.169
BMI classification
Normal	480 (0–4566)	41 (19–90)	167 (41–223)
Underweight	514.5 (0–10533)	49 (19–88)	161 (59–240)
Overweight	495 (0–10179)	51 (22–79)	155 (58–240)
Obese	106.5 (0–8316)	44 (31–88)	160 (80–196)
H	3.368	3.004	5.390
	0.338	0.391	0.145
Department
Health sciences	504 (0–10179)	47 (19–90)	161 (58–240)
Other sciences	494.5 (0–10533)	55 (21–88)	163 (41–240)
U	105602.5	88987.5	101176.5
	0.723	<0.001	0.162
Daily water consumption
0–1,5 L/d	273^a (0–8127)	34^a (19–85)	168^b (41–240)
1,5–2 L/d	337.5^a (0–10533)	39^ab (19–90)	163^ab (71–240)
2–2,5 L/d	568.5^ab (0–8316)	54^b (22–89)	158.5^ab (72–235)
>2,5 L/d	657^b (0–10179)	57^b (27–88)	150.5^a (58–240)
H	83.166	140.403	33.336
	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Skipping meal
Yes	465 (0–10533)	51 (19–89)	165 (41–240)
No	537 (0–9763.5)	49 (21–90)	159 (71–240)
U	119519.5	111207.5	97293.5
	0.142	0.001	<0.001
Skipped meal
Breakfast	372^a (0–10533)	53^b (19–84)	160 (41–240)
Lunch	397.5^ab (0–8265)	41^a (19–85)	177 (59–240)
Dinner	567.3^b (0–1257)	56^bc (40–80)	163 (98–235)
Mid-morning	583^b (0–1191)	45^ab (24–89)	168 (72–235)
Afternoon	393^ab (0–3154.5)	57^bc (23–71)	171 (122–218)
Night	764.5^c (0–3450)	57.5^c (28–74)	170.5 (80–223)
H	21.893	21.919	8.424
	0.001	0.001	0.134

IPAQ: International Physical Activity Scale, MASS: Muscle Appearance Satisfaction Scale, EAT-40: Eating Attitude Test-40., U: Mann-Whitney U Test; H: Kruskal-Wallis H Test. The difference between medians that do not have a common letter is significant ().