Nutrición Hospitalaria
ISSN 1699-5198 ISSN 0212-1611
RAMOS-VERA, Cristian; CALIZAYA-MILLA, Yaquelin E SAINTILA, Jacksaint. Gender network analysis of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q7) in Peruvian adults. []. , 40, 4, pp.778-783. 20--2023. ISSN 1699-5198. https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.04228.
Background:
network assessment of eating disorder (ED)-related symptomatology from a gender perspective is an important topic of study; however, there is limited research in the Latin American context.
Objective:
this study aimed to explore the patterns of association of the components of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q7) according to gender, using two simultaneous network models in 890 Peruvian adults (63.51 % were women; mean age: 26.40).
Methods:
two graphs considering the gender factor were made using the R package qgrap and the merged LASSO graph.
Results:
higher network centrality measures were obtained for items related to body image dissatisfaction and overvaluation in women; while in the men's network, the items of food restriction and overestimation of weight were the most central symptoms.
Conclusion:
both network models were invariant and showed no significant differences in both structure and connections.
: Body dissatisfaction; Body weight; Eating disorders; Latin America; Peru.