Bergström H, Elfhag K
Obesity Unit M73, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
Eat Weight Disord. 2007 Dec;12(4):e98-103. doi: 10.1007/BF03327603.
The present study aims to evaluate whether there are any socioeconomic differences in obese patients with and without eating disorders.
567 obese participants referred to obesity treatment were divided into one eating-disordered group and one group without eating disorders. Those groups were compared regarding four socioeconomic variables: education, occupational status, daily occupation and housing area.
The prevalence of eating disorders in the sample was 9.8%. Female participants with an eating disorder (ED) had a higher BMI than female participants without an ED. Women with an ED were more often actively occupied, implying that they at the present time were working or studying, and they were also more frequently living in a lower income housing area. No statistically significant differences were found for education or occupational status.
Our study shows that prevalence of eating disorders does not differ as a function of education or occupational status in patients referred to obesity treatment, but that differences in daily occupation and housing area can prevail for the women in particular.
本研究旨在评估患有和未患有饮食失调症的肥胖患者之间是否存在社会经济差异。
567名接受肥胖治疗的肥胖参与者被分为一个饮食失调组和一个无饮食失调组。对这两组在四个社会经济变量方面进行比较：教育程度、职业地位、日常职业和住房面积。
样本中饮食失调症的患病率为9.8%。患有饮食失调症（ED）的女性参与者的体重指数高于未患ED的女性参与者。患有ED的女性更常处于积极工作状态，这意味着她们目前正在工作或学习，而且她们也更频繁地居住在低收入住房区域。在教育程度或职业地位方面未发现统计学上的显著差异。
我们的研究表明，在接受肥胖治疗的患者中，饮食失调症的患病率不因教育程度或职业地位而有所不同，但日常职业和住房面积的差异尤其在女性中可能存在。
