Toward an understanding of risk factors for binge-eating disorder in black and white women: a community-based case-control study.

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BACKGROUND: This study sought to identify in white women risk factors specific to binge-eating disorder (BED) and for psychiatric disorders in general, and to compare black and white women on risk factors for BED. METHOD: A case-control design was used. Participants were recruited from the community and included 162 women who met DSM-IV criteria for BED and two comparison groups of women with no history of clinically significant eating disorder symptoms. The comparison women were matched to ...

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Authors: Striegel-Moore, R; Fairburn, C; Wilfley, D; Pike, K; Dohm, F

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Psychological medicine
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 907-917
• Publication date: 2005-06-01
• DOI: 10.1017/s0033291704003435
• EISSN: 1469-8978
• ISSN: 0033-2917
• Language: English
• Keywords: Risk Factors; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Bulimia; Female; European Continental Ancestry Group; Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group; Body Mass Index; Residence Characteristics; Humans; Case-Control Studies