Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus triples the odds of screening positive for eating disorders: A case-control study

Table 4 Results from logistic regression models evaluating the association between children’s diagnosis (type 1 diabetes mellitus vs short stature) and the screening positive for feeding and eating disorders

	Crude model			Age & sex adjustment			Full adjustment
	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI	P value
Diagnosis (T1DM vs short stature)	3.35	1.53-7.36	0.003	2.74	1.21-6.2	0.016	3.15	1.33-7.46	0.009
Age (years)				1.10	0.97-1.25	0.13	1.36	1.03-1.79	0.03
Sex (male/female)				0.49	0.21-1.1	0.09	0.42	0.16-1.07	0.07
Weight status							0.89	0.57-1.39	0.61
Tanner’s stage of pubic hair (I-V)							0.61	0.34-1.09	0.10
Energy intake (kcal/day)							1.00	0.99-1.00	0.32

FEDs: Feeding and eating disorders [participants with a positive G-SCOFF screen (≥ 2 “yes” responses), indicating suspicion of an eating disorder but not a confirmed diagnosis]. T1DM: Type 1 diabetes mellitus.