Table 5.

Adjusted odds ratios for desire to be thinner, desire to be larger and satisfaction with current body size among young Hong Kong Chinese children aged 6·1–12·9 years

	Desire to be thinner			Happy with current size			Desire to be larger
Predictor	AOR	95 % CI	P	AOR	95 % CI	P	AOR	95 % CI	P
Model 1
Age
<8 years	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–
8–10 years	2·62	1·65, 4·16	<0·001	0·74	0·46, 1·20	0·22	0·48	0·29, 0·77	<0·001
>10 years	2·16	1·38, 3·38	<0·001	1·10	0·71, 1·73	0·66	0·38	0·24, 0·61	<0·001
Sex
Male	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–
Female	1·91	1·32, 2·76	<0·001	0·64	0·44, 0·93	<0·05	0·77	0·52, 1·14	0·2
Weight status
Underweight	0·13	0·05, 0·32	<0·001	0·97	0·52, 1·82	0·93	4·88	2·69, 8·86	<0·001
Normal weight	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–
Overweight	6·23	3·66, 10·60	<0·001	0·37	0·20, 0·67	<0·001	0·15	0·06, 0·35	<0·001
Obese	19·04	5·64, 64·32	<0·001	0·13	0·03, 0·54	<0·01	0·07	0·01, 0·49	<0·001
Model 2
Body size perception
Overestimate	1·90	1·02, 3·54	<0·05	0·85	0·46, 1·60	0·62	0·61	0·32, 1·17	0·14
Correct estimate	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–	1·00	Ref.	–
Underestimate	0·43	0·27, 0·67	<0·001	1·47	0·94, 2·32	0·09	1·86	1·15, 3·01	<0·001

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; Ref., referent category.

Model 1: adjusted for age group, sex and weight status. Model 2: adjusted for age group, sex, weight status and body size perception.