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Table 5 Associations between multiple SLEs and ED groups (overall and by subtype) versus controls (controlled for age, gender, and education)

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

Diagnosis

No SLEs

One or two SLEs

Three or more SLEs

One or two SLEs vs no SLEs

Three or more SLEs vs one or two SLEs

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

p-values corrected*

OR (95% CI)

p-values corrected*

No ED (control)

140 (35%)

167 (42%)

88 (22%)

Any EDa

92 (19%)

192 (39%)

211 (43%)

1.82 (1.30–2.57)

.004

2.08 (1.49–2.90)

< .001

AN-R

22 (34%)

28 (43%)

15 (23%)

1.17 (0.64–2.17)

1.000

1.14 (0.56–2.27)

1.000

AN-BP

23 (20%)

39 (34%)

52 (46%)

1.52 (0.87–2.73)

.446

2.58 (1.55–4.34)

.002

BN/BED

27 (15%)

69 (38%)

84 (47%)

2.13 (1.30–3.57)

.017

2.24 (1.48–3.42)

.001

AN/BN/BED

18 (14%)

55 (41%)

60 (45%)

2.71 (1.54–4.99)

.005

1.94 (1.22–3.10)

.021

  1. Abbreviations: AN anorexia nervosa (AN-R = restricting subtype, AN-BP = binge-eating/purging subtype), BED binge-eating disorder, BN bulimia nervosa, CI confidence interval (95%), ED eating disorder, OR odds ratio, SLE stressful life event
  2. a“Any ED” refers to all individuals with a lifetime ED (any subtype)
  3. *p-values corrected for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni-Holm, boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)