Overlap of orthorexia, eating attitude and psychological distress in some Italian and Spanish university students

Table 2 Body image concerns

	IT-F, n = 59	IT-M, n = 41	SP-F, n = 33	SP-M, n = 27
MBSRQ	227.0 ± 21.7	231.6 ± 27.6b	227.9 ± 24.3a	249.3 ± 27.5a,b
MBSRQ-AO	3.3 ± 0.9	3.2 ± 0.5b	3.5 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 0.5b
MBSRQ-FO	3.4 (3.0-3.9)	3.5 (3.2-4.2)	3.5 (3.0-4.0)a	4.2 (3.6-4.4)a
MBSRQ-HOr	3.4 ± 0.5	3.4 ± 0.6	3.2 ± 0.6a	3.6 ± 0.6a
MBSRQ-IO	3.3 ± 0.6	3.3 ± 0.5	3.4 ± 0.5	3.6 ± 0.6
MBSRQ-AS	3.1 ± 0.3	3.1 ± 0.4b	3.1 ± 0.4a	3.4 ± 0.4a,b
MBSRQ-BASS	3.2 ± 0.7	3.4 ± 0.6	3.1 ± 0.8a	3.5 ± 0.7a
MBSRQ-OP	2.0 (1.8-2.8)	2.5 (1.8-3.0)	2.5 (2.1-3.0)	2.5 (2.0-3.3)
BUT	33.0 (19.0-61.0)	16.0 (6.0-39.0)	60.0 (30.5-82.0)	35.0 (21.0-74.0)
BUT-A	16.0 (9.0-36.0)	10.0 (2.0-20.0)	33.0 (12.5-51.0)	18.0 (13.0-42.0)
BUT-A - WP	0.9 (0.4-1.6)b	0.5 (0.1-1.0)	1.8 (0.8-2.6)b	1.1 (0.6-1.8)
BUT-A - BIC	0.7 (0.2-1.3)a	0.2 (0.0-0.9)a	0.9 (0.5-1.6)	0.6 (0.2-1.6)
BUT-B	15.0 (7.0-31.0)	11.0 (3.5-21.0)	25.5 (14.0-42.5)	21.0 (8.0-36.0)

^aP < 0.05 between females and males within country.

^bP < 0.05 between Italians and Spaniards within sex.

Categorical variables are expressed as percentages. Continuous variables are expressed as means with standard deviation (Shapiro-Wilk Test passed), or as median (25%-75% range, Shapiro-Wilk Test failed). AO: Appearance orientation; AS: Appearance scales; BASS: Body areas satisfaction scale; BIC: Body image concerns; BUT: Body Uneasiness Test; FO: Fitness orientation; HOr: Health orientation; IO: Illness orientation; IT-F: Italian females; IT-M: Italian males; MBSRQ: Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire; OP: Overweight preoccupation; SP-F: Spanish females; SP-M: Spanish males; WP: Weight phobia.