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Table 4 Associations between Any Fasting (≥ 1 Times) and Regular Fasting (≥ 13 Times) in the Past Four Weeks and Substance Use and Mental Health Correlates by Gender among Participants from the Healthy Minds Study

From: Prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates of fasting among U.S. college students

  Men   Women  
Any fasting AORa (95% CI) p AORa (95% CI) p
Any cigarette use, past 30 days 1.36 (0.90–2.06) 0.142 1.57 (1.15–2.15) 0.005
Marijuana use, past 30 days 1.34 (0.99–1.83) 0.060 1.92 (1.58–2.34) < 0.001
Other illicit drug use, past 30 days 1.45 (0.90–2.31) 0.123 2.71 (1.88–3.90) < 0.001
Alcohol use, past 2 weeks 0.72 (0.54–0.96) 0.027 1.14 (0.94–1.37) 0.179
Positive depression screen, PHQ-9 3.40 (2.53–4.56) < 0.001 3.86 (3.20–4.65) < 0.001
Positive anxiety screen, GAD-7 2.73 (1.98–3.78) < 0.001 2.58 (2.14–3.11) < 0.001
Positive eating disorder screen, SCOFF 4.64 (3.35–6.43) < 0.001 4.86 (4.02–5.87) < 0.001
Suicidal ideation, past 12 months 2.44 (1.62–3.68) < 0.001 2.72 (2.11–3.50) < 0.001
Any non-suicidal self-injury, past 12 months 2.53 (1.84–3.50) < 0.001 2.63 (2.15–3.22) < 0.001
  Men   Women  
Regular fasting AORa (95% CI) p AORa (95% CI) p
Any cigarette use, past 30 days 0.68 (0.23–1.98) 0.480 1.58 (0.72–3.43) 0.250
Marijuana use, past 30 days 1.52 (0.81–2.84) 0.195 2.14 (1.34–3.41) 0.001
Other illicit drug use, past 30 days 0.80 (0.30–2.12) 0.657 4.86 (2.34–10.10) < 0.001
Alcohol use, past 2 weeks 0.86 (0.47–1.55) 0.613 1.15 (0.72–1.84) 0.565
Positive depression screen, PHQ-9 3.70 (2.07–6.62) < 0.001 5.19 (3.22–8.37) < 0.001
Positive anxiety screen, GAD-7 4.32 (2.32–8.04) < 0.001 4.27 (2.67–6.84) < 0.001
Positive eating disorder screen, SCOFF 7.02 (3.77–13.09) < 0.001 6.38 (3.85–10.57) < 0.001
Suicidal ideation, past 12 months 3.00 (1.43–6.26) 0.004 3.67 (2.24–6.00) < 0.001
Any non-suicidal self-injury, past 12 months 3.09 (1.65–5.80) < 0.001 2.99 (1.81–4.95) < 0.001
  1. Preconstructed nonresponse sample weighting was applied to all analyses
  2. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
  3. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  4. aAdjusted for age, body mass index (kg/m2), race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, highest parent education, and survey year
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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