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Published in final edited form as: Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Jan 3;26(7):2371–2379. doi: 10.1007/s40519-020-01088-y

Table 2.

Relationship between parental perception ot child’s weight in early childhood and child’s perception of their own weight in early adolescence

Predictor: Parent’s perception in early childhood	Outcome: Adolescent’s self-perception	β (SE)^a	p-value
Child’s actual weight (PPCA)	Actual weight (APA)	0.242 (0.136)	.077
	Ideal weight (API)	0.304 (0.123)	.015
	Δ [API-APA]	0.061 (0.132)	.644

Ideal weight of a child (PPCI)	Actual weight (APA)	0.227 (0.154)	.143
	Ideal weight (API)	0.309 (0.140)	.029
	Δ [API-APA]	0.082 (0.149)	.585

Δ [PPCI-PPCA]	Actual weight (APA)	−0.083 (0.157)	.596
	Ideal weight (API)	−0.080 (0.144)	.581
	Δ [API-APA]	0.004 (0.151)	.981

All models adjusted for child’s race/ethnicity, sex, age at early childhood assessment, BMI z-score at early childhood assessment, and parental BMI at early childhood assessment.