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Table 3 Correlation between cultural factors and the scores for each question of EAT-26

From: Risk of eating disorders and the relationship with interest in modern culture among young female students in a university in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Category

Q. no

Questions

Fashionable clothes

Indian TV

Sperman's rank

Kruskal–Wallis

Sperman's rank

Kruskal–Wallis

Dieting

1

Am terrified about being overweight

p = 0.015*

p < 0.001***

p = 0.880

p = 0.550

 

6

Aware of the calorie content of foods that I eat

p = 0.188

p = 0.357

p = 0.184

p = 0.610

 

7

Particularly avoid food with a high carbohydrate content (i.e. bread, rice, potatoes)

p = 0.171

p = 0.236

p = 0.495

p = 0.710

 

8

Feel extremely guilty after eating

p = 0.400

p = 0.700

p = 0.948

p = 0.032*

 

11

Am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner

p = 0.553

p = 0.053

p = 0.883

p = 0.844

 

12

Think about burning up calories when I exercise

p = 0.006**

p = 0.047*

p = 0.853

p = 0.009**

 

14

Am occupied with the thought of having fat on my body

p = 0.227

p = 0.089

p = 0.540

p = 0.117

 

16

Avoid foods with sugar in them

p = 0.439

p = 0.831

p = 0.149

p = 0.031*

 

17

Eat diet foods

p = 0.418

p = 0.748

p = 0.919

p = 0.740

 

22

Feel uncomfortable after eating sweets

p = 0.507

p = 0.697

p = 0.262

p = 0.150

 

23

Engage in dieting behavior

p = 0.183

p = 0.454

p = 0.949

p = 0.045*

 

24

Like my stomach to be empty

p = 0.592

p = 0.543

p = 0.481

p = 0.783

 

26

Enjoy trying new rich foods

p < 0.001***

p = 0.001***

p = 0.869

p = 0.666

Bulimia and food preoccupation

3

Find myself preoccupied with food

p = 0.348

p = 0.808

p < 0.001***

p = 0.003**

4

Have gone on eating binges where I feel that I may not be able to stop

p = 0.998

p = 0.853

p = 0.365

p = 0.144

9

Vomit after I have eaten

p = 0.659

p = 0.901

p = 0.474

p = 0.644

18

Feel that food controls my life

p = 0.162

p = 0.498

p = 0.883

p = 0.464

21

Give too much time and thought to food

p = 0.227

p = 0.142

p = 0.403

p = 0.132

25

Have the impulse to vomit after meals

p = 0.583

p = 0.939

p = 0.222

p = 0.567

Oral control

2

Avoid eating when I am hungry

p = 0.630

p = 0.832

p = 0.059

p = 0.006**

 

5

Cut my food into small pieces

p = 0.090

p = 0.403

p = 0.588

p = 0.044*

 

10

Feel that others would prefer if I ate more

p = 0.341

p = 0.134

p = 0.199

p = 0.775

 

13

Other people think that I am too thin

p = 0.014*

p = 0.057

p = 0.800

p = 0.501

 

15

Take longer than others to eat my meals

p = 0.006**

p = 0.053

p = 0.815

p = 0.636

 

19

Display self-control around food

p = 0.826

p = 0.146

p = 0.606

p = 0.015*

 

20

Feel that others pressure me to eat

p = 0.650

p = 0.468

p = 0.159

p = 0.301

  1. P-values of Sperman's rank evaluation test and Kruskal–Wallis test are shown
  2. Bold black letters indicate positive correlation, plain black letters negative correlation, and gray letters non-significant values
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
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