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Table 2 Eating habits and physical activity in relation to the Athens Insomnia Scale and Beck Depression Inventory

From: Insomnia and depressive symptoms in relation to unhealthy eating behaviors in bariatric surgery candidates

 

N

Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS)

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)

Eating snack-type foods

 Every day

66

7 (5–10)

15 (10–23)

 Occasionally

260

4 (3–8) **

10 (5–15) ***

 Not at all

35

4 (2–8) **

8 (4–14) ***

Statistics

 

p = 0.0001

p = 0.0000

Number of emotions associated with desire to eat

 3 or more

29

9 (6–13)

6 (3–9)

19 (11–25)

11 (6–16)

 < 3

214

Statistics

 

p = 0.0009

p = 0.0002

Night eating

 Every night

7

9 (3–13)

19 (12–21)

 Often

56

7 (4–11) ns

10 (6–20) ns

 Rarely

96

6 (3–9) ns

11 (7–16) ns

 Never

202

5 (3–7) *

10 (5–15) *

Statistics

 

p = 0.0009

p = 0.0131

Physical activity

 Inactive

50

7 (4–10) ***

14 (8–20) ***

 Low

185

5 (4–8) ***

11 (6–16) *

 Moderate

116

4 (3–9) **

9 (5–14) ns

 High

10

2 (1–3)

3 (0–8)

Statistics

 

p = 0.0000

p = 0.0001

  1. Data are presented as median, interquartile range
  2. Analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis tests and Mann-Whitney rank tests, where appropriate; p values were considered significant when p > 0.05 (in bold); Post-hoc analyses were conducted to determine differences in AIS and BDI-II scores between the groups and group eating snack-type foods every day, group eating every night, group with high physical activity
  3. * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ns – non-significant