Relation of binge eating disorder with impulsiveness in obese individuals

Table 1 Comparison of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the binge eating disorder (+) and binge eating disorder (-) group

		Overall		BED (+) group		BED (-) group		P
Age		36.49 ± 10.14		35.05 ± 9.61		37.13 ± 10.33		0.141
Sex	Females	181	75.1%	62	82.7%	119	71.7%	0.068
	Males	60	24.9%	13	17.3%	47	28.3%
Marital status	Maried	154	63.9%	48	64.0%	106	63.9%	0.983
	Single	87	36.1%	27	36.0%	60	36.1%
Education level	Primary	81	33.6%	28	37.3%	53	31.9%	0.62 0.62 0.62
	Middle	107	44.4%	30	40.0%	77	46.4%
	High	53	22.0%	17	22.7%	36	21.7%
Physically active	Yes	179	74.3%	55	73.3%	124	74.7%	0.874
	No	62	25.7%	20	26.7%	42	25.3%
Weight (kg)		124.82 ± 18.23		124.37 ± 17.57		125.03 ± 18.57		0.796
BMI		45.89 ± 6.08		46.69 ± 6.69		45.53 ± 5.76		0.195
Cigaret (yr)		6.23 ± 8.35		5.45 ± 7.56		6.58 ± 8.68		0.331
Quit smoking in the last six months		31 (12.9%)		6 (8%)		25 (15.1%)		0.130

BED (+): Group with binge eating disorder; BED (-): Group without binge eating disorder; BMI: Body mass index.

Table 2 Comparison of the psychiatric and suicidal features of the binge eating disorder ( + ) and binge eating disorder (-) group

		Overall		BED (+) group		BED (-) group		P
Previous psychiatric admittance	Yes	87	36.1%	37	49.3%	50	30.1%	0.004
	No	154	63.9%	38	50.7%	116	69.9%	0.004
Psychiatric comorbidity	Yes	11	4.6%	6	8.0%	5	3.0%	0.086
	No	230	95.4%	69	92.0%	161	97.0%	0.055
Thinking of suicide	Yes	52	21.6%	26	34.7%	26	15.7%	0.001
	No	189	78.4%	49	65.3%	140	84.3%	0.001
Previous attempts to suicide	Yes	30	12.4%	16	21.3%	14	8.4%	0.005
	No	211	87.6%	59	78.7%	152	91.6%	0.005

BED (+): Group with binge eating disorder; BED (-): Group without binge eating disorder.

Table 3 Comparison of the Beck Depression Inventory and Beck Anxiety Inventory between binge eating disorder (+) and binge eating disorder (-) group

	Overall	BED (+) group	BED (-) group	P
Beck depression inventory	16.41 ± 9.61	20.04 ± 11.08	14.77 ± 8.40	0.000
Beck anxiety inventory	14.64 ± 10.50	16.72 ± 11.76	13.70 ± 9.78	0.064

BED (+): Group with binge eating disorder; BED (-): Group without binge eating disorder.

Table 4 Comparison of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 between binge eating disorder (+) and binge eating disorder (-) group

	Overall	BED (+) group	BED (-) group	P
BIS-11 total	62.84 ± 8.83	64.84 ± 9.75	61.93 ± 8.25	0.018
BIS-11 attention	16.22 ± 3.28	17.03 ± 3.24	15.85 ± 3.25	0.010
BIS-11 motor	20.57 ± 4.18	21.36 ± 4.86	20.21 ± 3.79	0.072
BIS-11 non-planning	26.06 ± 4.67	26.59 ± 5.32	25.82 ± 4.34	0.275

BED (+): Group with binge eating disorder; BED (-): Group without binge eating disorder; BIS-11: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11.