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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for Sex and Athletic Status with EAT-26 Total Score and Subscale Scores

	Current Athletes Females (n = 78)		Former Athletes Females (n = 97)		Current Athletes Males (n = 15)		Former Athletes Males (n = 14)
	M (SD)	alpha	M (SD)	alpha	M (SD)	alpha	M (SD)	alpha
Age	25.0 (8.5) ^a		27.0 (7.4) ^a		26.0 (11.2)		29.5 (6.5)
Height	166.5 (7.3) ^b		169.0 (7.5)^c		176.0 (8.8) ^b		181.0 (7.5) ^c
Weight	61.0 (9.1) ^a,b		65.0 (12.5) ^a,c		68.0 (10.2) ^b,d		83.0 (11.1) ^c,d
EAT-26 Total Score	7.5 (13.4) ^b	0.93	6.0 (11.8)	0.91	2.0 (7.5) ^b	0.88	3.5 (3.0)	0.45
Dieting Subscale	5.0 (8.8) ^b	0.92	4.0 (7.6)	0.88	1.0 (7.5) ^b	0.78	2.0 (3.1)	0.75
Bulimia Subscale	1.0 (3.0)	0.70	0.0 (3.1) ^c	0.81	0.0 (2.3)	0.86	0.0 (0.6) ^c	0.45
Oral Control Subscale	1.0 (3.4)	0.76	1.0 (2.5)	0.58	2.0 (1.1)	*	2.0 (1.1)	*

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