Eating behaviors and weight loss outcomes in a 12-month randomized trial of diet and/or exercise intervention in postmenopausal women

Table 1 Mean eating behavior scores at baseline according to participant characteristics in the Nutrition and Exercise in Women (NEW) trial

	Binge eating^a			Uncontrolled eating^b			Emotional eating^b			Restrained Eating^b
Participant Characteristic	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD
Age (years)
< 60	302	4.12	2.88	303	34.98	17.93	301	48.39	25.23	303	45.29	15.39
≥ 60	131	3.99	2.84	133	34.52	18.09	133	47.66	28.72	133	44.98	16.56
p		0.68			0.81			0.80			0.85
BMI (kg/m2)
< 30	207	3.49	2.60	208	33.39	17.37	206	42.56	27.01	208	46.81	15.90
≥30	226	4.62	2.99	228	36.16	18.42	228	53.24	24.66	228	43.73	15.48
p		< 0.001			0.11			< 0.001			0.04
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	369	4.18	2.88	370	35.6	17.87	369	48.93	26.33	370	45.08	15.74
All others	64	3.50	2.70	66	30.56	17.99	65	43.85	26.02	66	45.86	15.82
p		0.07			0.04			0.15			0.71
Smoking status
Never	255	3.78	2.77	256	33.81	17.42	255	46.80	25.34	256	46.38	15.74
Former	178	4.51	2.94	180	36.30	18.65	179	50.12	27.62	180	43.51	15.62
p		0.01			0.16			0.20			0.06
Current antidepressant/anxiolytic use
No	286	3.93	2.77	288	33.66	17.58	287	45.63	26.05	288	45.29	15.53
Yes	147	4.37	3.03	148	37.14	18.52	147	53.14	26.22	148	45.01	16.18
p		0.14			0.06			< 0.01			0.87
Completed college degree
No	149	4.14	2.99	151	33.84	18.57	151	45.14	26.69	151	45.11	16.60
Yes	284	4.05	2.80	285	35.37	17.64	283	49.78	26.02	285	45.24	15.29
p		0.75			0.41			0.08			0.94
Married or living with partner
No	156	3.96	2.96	158	34.03	17.63	158	48.77	25.43	158	45.8	15.72
Yes	276	4.15	2.81	277	35.33	18.18	275	48.00	26.75	277	44.85	15.79
p		0.52			0.46			0.77			0.55

Differences in mean baseline scores were tested using two-tailed t-tests
^aScores derived from a subset of questions from the Binge Eating Scale [30]. Responses to each item of the Binge Eating Scale were given a score from 0 to 3 and summed for a possible total of 15 with higher scores indicating more episodes of binge eating behavior
^bScores derived from Three Factor Eating Questionnaire [1]. Subscales of the revised Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ-R18) (uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, restrained eating) were summed and normalized into a scale of 0–100. Higher scores reflect more uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, and restrained eating

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