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. 2023 Aug 17;31(5):718–729. doi: 10.1007/s12529-023-10213-x

Table 2.

Body dissatisfaction at ages 22, 32, 42, and 52 by educational level among women and men. Logistic regression

Women Men
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (CI 95%) OR (CI 95%) OR (CI 95%) OR (CI 95%) OR (CI 95%) OR (CI 95%)
22 y
    Not graduated high school
    Graduated high school 0.80 (0.55–1.18) 0.93 (0.63–1.38) 1.05 (0.69–1.61) 0.93 (0.54–1.61) 0.99 (0.57–1.72) 0.95 (0.55–1.66)
32 y
    Vocational education or less
    Lower college 1.07 (0.71–1.63) 1.30 (0.83–2.03) 1.32 (0.84–2.08) 0.75 (0.38–1.45) 0.74 (0.38–1.46) 0.76 (0.38–1.53)
    Upper college 0.99 (0.58–1.70)a 1.38 (0.78–2.45)a 1.44 (0.80–2.59)a 0.23* (0.07–0.75)a 0.26* (0.08–0.87)a 0.26* (0.08–0.87)a
42 y
    Vocational education or less
    Lower college 0.90 (0.59–1.37) 0.87 (0.55–1.37) 0.89 (0.56–1.40) 0.74 (0.39–1.39) 0.79 (0.41–1.52) 0.83 (0.43–1.61)
    Upper college 0.88 (0.53–1.45)a 1.07 (0.62–1.83)a 1.10 (0.63–1.90)a 0.18** (0.05–0.60)a 0.23* (0.07–0.78)a 0.25* (0.07–0.86)a
52 y
    Vocational education or less
    Lower college 1.11 (0.72–1.72) 1.11 (0.69–1.79) 1.15 (0.71–1.86) 1.23 (0.66–2.30) 1.33 (0.69–2.56) 1.47 (0.75–2.90)
    Upper college 0.70 (0.41–1.22) 0.80 (0.44–1.45) 0.87 (0.47–1.60) 1.05 (0.51–2.13) 1.53 (0.72–3.25) 1.82 (0.84–3.94)

Model 1: Education

Model 2: Education and BMI

Model 3: Education, BMI, marital status and having children

OR odds ratio, CI 95% 95% confidence interval

**p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

aInteraction between gender and education p < 0.05