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Table 2 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample (N = 26)

From: The role of impulsivity and binge eating in outpatients with overweight or obesity: an EEG temporal discounting study

Variables

Total sample

NBE

BE

t2

p

d

N = 26

n = 13

n = 13

Age, M(SD)

32.30 (10.39)

28.69 (5.96)

35.92 (12.69)

1.85

0.07

0.55

Gender, n (%)

   

0.17

0.68

0.08

Male

9 (43.6)

4 (30.8)

5 (38.5)

   

Female

17 (65.4)

9 (69.2)

8 (61.5)

   

BMI

31.11 (8.04)

27.05(3.59)

35.16 (9.28)

2.93

0.007

1.20

Weight class, n (%)

   

5.85

0.016

0.47

Obese

10 (38.5)

2 (15)

8 (61)

   

Overweight

16 (61.5)

11 (84)

5 (38)

   

Educational level, n (%)

   

3.39

.06

0.36

Less than high school

3 (11.5)

3 (23.1)

   

With high school or more

23 (88.5)

13 (100)

10 (76.9)

   

BIS-11

53.19 (7.73)

48.61 (5.10)

57.76 (7.28)

3.71

0.001

1.52

BES

10.26 (9.18)

3.07 (2.13)

17.46 (7.67)

6.50

 < 0.001

2.66

K-log N

 − 2.38 (0.63)

 − 2.47 (0.72)

 − 2.30 (0.53)

0.65

0.52

0.28

K-log NN

 − 2.39 (0.56)

 − 2.62 (0.42)

 − 2.16 (0.60)

2.27

0.03

0.92

  1. BMI: Body Mass Index, BES: Binge Eating Scale, BIS-11: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11, K-log N: Now log transformed k, K-log NN: Not-now log-transformed k