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.