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.