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Table 3 Correlations between the disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) and biopsychosocial factors among schizophrenic patients with DEBs (i.e., earning a 26-item Eating Attitude Test score of ≥ 20; n = 64)

From: Biopsychosocial factors associated with disordered eating behaviors in schizophrenia

Explanatory variables

1

2

3

Age

–

–

0.20

Gender

0.15

–

–

Marital status

0.23

–

–

Residence

− 0.11

–

–

Educational level

–

–

− 0.17

Psychosocial rehabilitation

0.40**

–

–

Duration of psychosis

–

–

− 0.59***

The phases of schizophrenia

− 0.14

–

–

Category of antipsychotic medications

0.67***

–

–

Anxiety

–

0.54***

–

Depression

–

0.48***

–

Severity of psychosis

–

0.53***

–

Tobacco smoking

0.51***

–

–

Type 2 diabetes

0.59***

–

–

  1. 1Point-biserial correlation coefficient
  2. 2Pearson correlation coefficient
  3. 3Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
  4. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001