Table 6. Correlation of “weight-related distress” with participants’ characteristics.
+ Mann-Whitney test, ++ Kruskal-Wallis test
WBIS-2F: Two-Factor Weight Bias Internalization Scale
| Weight-related distress WBIS-2F | P | |||
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | |||
| Gender | Male | 3.07 (0.92) | 3.14 (2.14 - 3.64) | 0.104+ |
| Female | 3.3 (1.04) | 3.21 (2.57 - 4) | ||
| BMI | Underweight/normal | 3.17 (0.99) | 3.14 (2.43 -3.86) | 0.019++ |
| Overweight | 3.2 (1.01) | 3 (2.43 - 3.86) | ||
| Obese | 3.56 (1.08) | 3.43 (2.86 - 4.29) | ||
| Married | No | 3.31 (1.05) | 3.29 (2.57 - 4) | 0.168+ |
| Yes | 3.17 (0.98) | 3.14 (2.43 - 3.86) | ||
| Working | No | 3.18 (1.01) | 3 (2.43 - 3.86) | 0.194+ |
| Yes | 3.31 (1.03) | 3.29 (2.57 - 4) | ||
| Level of education | Primary education/high school graduate | 3.23 (1.06) | 3.14 (2.43 - 4) | 0.860++ |
| College graduate | 3.28 (1.03) | 3.29 (2.43 - 4) | ||
| University graduate | 3.14 (0.96) | 3.14 (2.43 - 3.86) | ||
| Post-graduate/PhD | 3.28 (1.05) | 3.14 (2.57 - 3.86) | ||
| Do you consider yourself heavier than normal? | No | 3.13 (0.93) | 3.14 (2.43 - 3.86) | 0.132+ |
| Yes | 3.34 (1.07) | 3.29 (2.43 - 4.07) | ||