Table 6

DEBQ score and NHP score distribution according to diverse variables

Variable	Min	Median	Max	AM±SD	p Value
DEBQ
Gender
Male	0	6	32	7.5±8.2	0.001†
Female	0	14	39	12.0±8.7	0.001†
Marital status
Married	0	5.5	27	7.6±8.0	0.07‡
Single	0	12.5	30	10.2±8.1
Widowed	0	6	39	10.1±12.2
Disability type
Orthopaedic	0	12	32	9.1±7.7	0.18‡
Seeing	0	0	39	7.2±8.9
Hearing	0	9	30	9.4±9.7
Speaking	0	10	27	10.1±9.5
Disability proportion
0–25	0	12	29	11.3±9.0	0.021‡
26–50	0	12	39	9.5±9.6
51–75	0	11	23	9.2±7.7
76–100*	0	4	15	5.5±5.8
BMI classification
Underweight	0	12	18	8.4±6.6	0.60‡
Normal	0	7	32	8.8±8.5
Pre-obese	0	12	30	9.3±8.5
Obese	0	0	39	7.8±10.0
NHP
Gender
Male	0	10.5	71.0	20.2±20.9	0.050†
Female	0	5.2	55.2	13.9±17.1	0.050†
Marital status
Married*	0	5.2	71.0	13.3±19.2	0.001‡
Single	0	18.4	65.7	21.9±19.5
Widowed	0	34.2	65.7	33.7±16.5
Disability type
Orthopaedic*	0	31.5	65.7	32.1±18.3	0.001‡
Seeing	0	2.6	71.0	5.7±12.9
Hearing	0	2.6	71.0	6.0±11.5
Speaking	0	2.6	18.4	4.9±6.6
Disability proportion
0–25^a	0	2.6	39.4	7.1±10.5	0.001‡
26–50^a	0	2.6	71.0	10.5±17.3
51–75^b	0	15.7	65.7	22.0±19.7
76–100^c	0	39.4	65.7	37.6±15.6
BMI classification
Underweight^a	0	34.2	65.7	33.1±16.9	0.001‡
Normal^a	0	15.7	71.0	23.5±21.6
Pre-obese^b	0	5.2	65.7	12.9±16.8
Obese^b	0	5.2	65.7	10.2±16.3

*Groups that make the difference.
†Mann-Whitney U Test.
‡Kruskal Wallis Test.
a, b and c are different from each other. Bold indicates significance.
AM, arithmetic mean; BMI, body mass index; DEBQ, Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire; NHP, Nottingham Health Profile.