Establishment of a Japanese version of the Sick, Control, One Stone, Fat, and Food (SCOFF) questionnaire for screening eating disorders in university students

Table 2 Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient between the SCOFF, item 3a or 3b and the EDE-Q

	SCOFF-O	SCOFF-2.5	Item 3a	Item 3b
	r	r	r	r
Dietary restraint	0.39**	0.44**	0.07 n.s	0.27**
Shape concern	0.45**	0.47**	0.06 n.s	0.22**
Eating concern	0.55**	0.55**	0.00 n.s	0.20**
Weight concern	0.42**	0.45**	0.06 n.s	0.24**
Global score	0.52**	0.55**	0.06 n.s	0.28**

The original version of the SCOFF (SCOFF-O) included item 3a: “Have you recently lost more than 6.35 kg within three months?” The modified version of SCOFF (SCOFF-2.5) included item 3b: “Have you recently lost more than 2.5 kg within three months?”
EDE-Q Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaires; **p < 0.01

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