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Table 4 Associations between SLEs and ED subtypes (controlled for gender, education, and age)

From: Stressful life events among individuals with a history of eating disorders: a case-control comparison

SLE type

An-R (n = 65)

AN-BP

(n = 114)

BN/BED (n = 180)

AN/BN/BED

(n = 133)

AN-R vs control

OR (95% CI)

p-values

corrected*

AN-BP vs control

OR (95% CI)

p-values

corrected*

BN/BED vs control

OR (95% CI)

p-values

corrected*

AN and BN/BED vs control

OR (95% CI)

p-values corrected*

Any SLEa

1.22 (0.70–2.18)

1.000

2.29 (1.39–3.91)

.017

3.01 (1.91–4.88)

< .001

3.58 (2.11–6.37)

< .001

Disease

1.90 (0.71–4.60)

1.000

2.71 (1.37–5.27)

.029

1.09 (0.54–2.11)

1.000

2.60 (1.40–4.80)

.018

Accident

0.48 (0.08–1.71)

1.000

0.95 (0.36–2.18)

.000

1.04 (0.51–2.04)

1.000

0.93 (0.40–2.00)

.964

Assault

0.91 (0.21–2.83)

1.000

1.70 (0.75–3.64)

.923

1.96 (1.03–3.69)

.224

2.45 (1.24–4.81)

.066

Bereavement

0.62 (0.21–1.50)

1.000

2.09 (1.20–3.59)

.055

1.97 (1.23–3.14)

.038

1.75 (1.00–3.02)

.268

Rape

0.93 (0.39–2.00)

1.000

2.17 (1.29–3.61)

.029

2.59 (1.68–4.00)

< .001

2.15 (1.32–3.47)

.017

Other sexual assault

1.67 (0.87–3.10)

1.000

2.36 (1.46–3.81)

.005

2.15 (1.42–3.26)

.003

2.35 (1.48–3.70)

.003

Childhood physical abuse

0.99 (0.42–2.08)

1.000

1.37 (0.77–2.39)

1.000

1.76 (1.11–2.76)

.103

1.56 (0.93–2.60)

.439

Adulthood physical abuse

1.18 (0.66–2.09)

1.000

1.06 (0.67–1.67)

1.000

1.05 (0.72–1.52)

1.000

0.80 (0.51–1.23)

.964

Emotional abuse

1.32 (0.67–2.47)

1.000

2.54 (1.57–4.09)

.002

3.27 (2.20–4.89)

< .001

3.20 (2.04–5.05)

< .001

Threatened

0.52 (0.08–1.93)

1.000

1.10 (0.44–2.50)

1.000

1.03 (0.48–2.11)

1.000

1.45 (0.66–3.05)

.964

Witnessed a traumatic event

1.10 (0.36–2.78)

1.000

2.06 (1.05–3.92)

.185

1.19 (0.62–2.22)

1.000

1.71 (0.88–3.21)

.439

Other

2.52 (1.43–4.47)

.019

2.21 (1.40–3.50)

.007

2.94 (2.01–4.33)

< .001

3.10 (2.02–4.80)

< .001

  1. Abbreviations: AN anorexia nervosa (AN-R = restricting subtype, AN-BP = binge-eating/purging subtype), BED binge-eating disorder, BN bulimia nervosa, ED eating disorder, SLE stressful life events
  2. a“Any SLE” measures all individuals reporting at least one of the listed SLE types
  3. *p-values corrected for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni-Holm, boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)