Table 4.
Anthropometry and desired weight for men and women athletes with binge- and restrictive-eating behavior. Values are means (±SEM).
Men (n = 97)
Women (n = 135)
Asympt
(n =74)
Binge
(n = 16)
Restrictive
(n = 7)
Asympt
(n = 110)
Binge
(n = 10)
Restrictive
(n = 15)
Height (m)
1.85 (0.01)
1.85 (0.02)
1.81 (0.03)
1.71 (0.01)
1.64 (0.03)
1.73 (0.02)
Weight (kg)
85.5 (2.0)
96.9 (4.4)
87.9 ( 6.5)
65.7 (1.0)
61.6 (3.3)
69.6 (2.7)
BMI (kg·m
-2
)
25.0 ( 0.5)
*
28.1 (1.1)
†
26.7 (1.7)
*
†
22.5 (0.3)
23.0 (0.9)
23.1 (0.7)
Desired BMI
26.1 (0.5)
28.6 (1.1)
26.5 (1.7)
21.5 (0.2)
21.5 (0.7)
21.4 (0.6)
Desired W change (%)
4.6 (0.9)
2.3 (1.9)
-1.4 (2.8)
-3.7 (0.4)
†
-6.1 (1.4)
*
†
-6.7 (1.1)
*
Abbreviations: Asympt = asymptomatic, W = weight.
* and † denote significant (p < 0.05) differences for within gender comparisons.