Table 4 Bivariate analysis of categorical variables associated with the restrained eating score

Gender

  Male

22.09 ± 8.71

 Female

27.65 ± 9.18

 P

0.001

Following a diet to lose weight

 No

23.13 ± 7.98

 Yes

31.40 ± 9.20

 P

< 0.001

Vomiting to lose weight

 No

25.96 ± 9.06

 Yes

28.68 ± 11.15

  P

0.056

Taking medications to lose weight

 No

26.40 ± 9.23

 Yes

25.27 ± 10.73

 P

0.412

Starving to lose weight

 No

24.79 ± 8.68

 Yes

31.04 ± 9.91

 P

< 0.001

Weighing yourself daily

 No

25.40 ± 8.82

 Yes

28.86 ± 10.39

 P

< 0.001

Family history of eating disorders

 No

25.63 ± 9.39

 Yes

28.14 ± 9.11

 P

0.005

Pressured by media to lose weight

 No

24.58 ± 9.36

 Yes

29.40 ± 8.59

 P

< 0.001