Eating disorders among Moroccan medical students: cognition and behavior

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Table 1 Sample characteristics

Characteristics
Age (years), mean ± SD	21.27±2.02
Sex, n (%)
Male	248 (34.9)
Female	462 (65.1)
Level of study, n (%)
Year 1	197 (27.7)
Year 2	92 (13)
Year 3	137 (19.3)
Year 4	180 (25.4)
Year 5	83 (11.7)
Year 6	21 (3)
Socioeconomic level, n (%)
Low	24 (3.4)
Middle	603 (84.9)
High	62 (8.7)
Not specified	21 (3)
Body-mass index, n (%)
Underweight	79 (11.1)
Normal	465 (65.5)
Overweight	95 (13.4)
Obese	13 (1.8)
Not specified	58 (8.2)

Table 2 Association of weight-control behavior with sex, socioeconomic level, and body-mass index

	Sex				Socioeconomic level				Body-mass index
	Male, n (%)	Female, n (%)	Total, n (%)	P	Low, n (%)	Middle, n (%)	High, n (%)	P	Underweight, n (%)	Normal, n (%)	Overweight, n (%)	Obese, n (%)	P
Dieting	13 (5.3)	33 (7.2)	46 (6.5)	0.209	1 (4.2)	36 (6)	7 (11.3)	0.21	1 (1.3)	20 (4.3)	12 (12.6)	5 (38.5)	<0.001
Fasting	14 (5.6)	36 (7.8)	50 (7)	0.181	2 (8.3)	43 (7.1)	4 (6.5)	0.877	2 (2.5)	27 (5.8)	12 (12.6)	0	0.044
Vomiting	2 (0.8)	10 (2.2)	12 (1.7)	0.15	0	10 (1.7)	1 (1.6)	0.999	0	9 (1.9)	3 (3.2)	0	0.432
Laxatives	0	5 (1.1)	5 (0.7)	0.116	0	4 (0.7)	1 (1.60)	0.488	1 (1.3)	3 (0.6)	1 (1.1)	0	0.471
Appetite suppressant	6 (2.4)	15 (3.2)	21 (3)	0.357	2 (8.3)	17 (2.8)	1 (1.6)	0.236	0	12 (2.6)	7 (7.4)	0	0.037
Diuretics	1 (0.5)	4 (1)	5 (0.8)	0.419	0	4 (0.8)	0	0.999	0	2 (0.5)	1 (1.1)	1 (7.7)	0.097

Table 3 Evaluation of weight-control behavior by univariate and multivariate analyses

	SCOFF		Univariate analysis				Multivariate analysis
			P	OR	95% CI		P-value	Adjusted OR	95% CI
	Negative, n (%)	Positive, n (%)			Inferior	Superior			Inferior	Superior
Dieting	19 (4)	27 (11.7)	<0.001	3.16	1.719	5.819	0.029	2.18	1.085	4.398
Fasting	17 (3.6)	33 (14.3)	<0.001	4.48	2.438	8.233	<0.001	3.23	1.696	6.163
Vomiting	3 (0.6)	9 (3.9)	0.006	6.36	1.706	23.740	0.030	4.56	1.154	18.008
Laxatives	1 (0.2)	4 (1.7)	0.059	8.33	0.926	74.997	0.337	3.17	0.301	33.440
Appetite suppressant	6 (1.3)	15 (6.5)	0.001	5.42	2.073	14.152	0.017	3.65	1.266	10.555
Diuretics	2 (0.5)	3 (1.5)	0.234	2.98	0.494	17.963	0.914	1.11	0.156	7.979

Abbreviation: SCOFF, sick, control, one stone (6.5 kg), fat, food.

Table 4 Evaluation of the EDI2 subscales by ED-related practices, sex, socioeconomic level, and body-mass index

Subscale	SCOFF			Sex			Socioeconomic level				Body mass index
	Positive, Md (IQR)	Negative, Md (IQR)	P	Male, Md (IQR)	Female, Md (IQR)	P	Low, Md (IQR)	Middle, Md (IQR)	High, Md (IQR)	P	Underweight, Md (IQR)	Normal, Md (IQR)	Overweight, Md (IQR)	Obese, Md (IQR)	P
EDI2-B	0 (0–2)	1 (0–4)	<0.001	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0.387	1 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0.5 (0–2)	0.865	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	1 (0–4.25)	4 (0.75–6)	0.001
EDI2-BD	2 (0–6)	7.5 (2.25–13)	<0.001	4 (1–8.5)	4 (0–10)	0.831	3 (0.25–9.75)	4 (0–9)	5 (0–11.75)	0.418	1 (0–5)	3 (0–7)	9 (4–14)	20 (14–24)	<0.001
EDI2-I	1 (0–3)	2 (0–5)	<0.001	1 (0–3)	2 (0–5)	0.026	1 (0–3.75)	1 (0–4)	1 (0–3)	0.943	2 (0–5)	1 (0–4)	2 (0–4)	3 (1–6)	0.302
EDI2-P	9 (5.5–12)	10 (7–13)	0.003	8 (5–11)	10 (6–13)	0.001	7 (3.75–12.25)	9 (6–12)	8.5 (6–12)	0.294	9 (7–13)	9 (6–12)	9 (6–12)	9 (6–11)	0.55

Abbreviations: EDI 2, Eating Disorder Inventory 2; Md, median; B, bulimia; BD, body dissatisfaction; I, ineffectiveness; IQR, interquartile range; P, perfectionism; SCOFF, Sick, Control, One Stone, Fat, Food questionnaire.