Eating disorders and their relationship with menopausal phases among a sample of middle-aged Lebanese women

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA)

	Crude results				Adjusted results
	Beta	p	Confidence interval		Beta	p	Confidence interval
	Beta	p	Lower	Upper	Beta	p	Lower	Upper
Restrained eating score
Perimenopause versus premenopause*	0.03	0.729	− 0.12	0.17	− 0.01	0.899	− 0.20	0.18
Postmenopause versus premenopause*	0.001	0.984	− 0.15	0.15	0.01	0.872	− 0.13	0.15
Binge eating score
Perimenopause versus premenopause*	1.68	0.017	0.30	3.05	1.56	0.031	0.14	2.97
Postmenopause versus premenopause*	0.14	0.854	− 1.31	1.58	0.42	0.659	− 1.45	2.30
Orthorexia nervosa (ORTO-15 scale)
Perimenopause versus postmenopause*	− 0.50	0.413	− 1.70	0.70	− 0.34	0.580	− 1.55	0.87
Postmenopause versus premenopause*	− 2.44	< 0.001	− 3.70	− 1.18	− 1.87	0.022	− 3.47	− 0.27
Orthorexia nervosa (TOS scale)
Perimenopause versus premenopause*	− 0.15	0.733	− 0.99	0.70	− 0.08	0.864	− 0.94	0.79
Postmenopause versus premenopause*	0.31	0.488	− 0.57	1.20	0.81	0.165	− 0.34	1.96
Orthorexia nervosa (DOS scale)
Perimenopause versus premenopause*	− 1.43	0.009	− 2.51	− 0.36	− 1.10	0.051	− 2.20	0.01
Postmenopause versus premenopause*	− 0.18	0.751	− 1.31	0.95	0.66	0.374	− 0.80	2.13

*Reference group; Numbers in bold indicate significant p values. Note: In the adjusted model, the covariates were age, monthly income, body mass index, marital status, education level

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