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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Womens Health Issues. 2009 Sep–Oct;19(5):292–299. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.05.003

Table 3.

Results from Multivariate Logistic Regression Models Predicting Weight Perception Accuracy for the Full Sample and for Male and Female Adolescents (N = 12,789)

Full Sample
(n = 12,789)
Girls
(n = 6, 177)
Boys
(n = 6,612)
OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI) P Value
Male 0.90 (0.83-1.00) 0.050 -- --
Race/Ethnicity (ref: non-Latino White)
 Black 0.98 (0.86-1.13) 0.805 1.03 (0.85-1.27) 0.738 0.95 (0.79-1.14) 0.565
 Mexican 0.87 (0.73-1.13) 0.154 0.84 (0.62-1.13) 0.244 0.90 (0.69-1.18) 0.441
 Other Latino 1.08 (0.75-1.14) 0.445 1.01 (0.67-1.51) 0.974 1.16 (0.68-1.09) 0.217
 Asian 0.67 (0.47-0.94) 0.019 0.56 (0.36-0.88) 0.012 0.76 (0.48-1.21) 0.246
 Native American 0.74 (0.40-1.35) 0.321 0.80 (0.32-1.99) 0.627 0.74 (0.36-1.51) 0.403
Age 0.95 (0.91-0.98) 0.001 0.94 (0.90-0.99) 0.015 1.05 (0.91-0.99) 0.021
Parental Obesity (ref: Neither Parent Obese)
 Two Obese Parents 1.28 (0.98-1.67) 0.067 1.46 (1.01-2.12) 0.046 1.16 (0.83-1.62) 0.395
 Only Mom Obese 1.17 (0.96-1.43) 0.122 1.05 (0.83-1.33) 0.670 1.28 (0.96-1.71) 0.086
 Only Dad Obese 0.96 (0.71-1.28) 0.761 1.14 (0.80-1.63) 0.468 0.85 (0.57-1.26) 0.419
Any Athletic Involvement 0.92 (0.82-1.03) 0.150 0.96 (0.82-1.13) 0.635 0.87 (0.73-1.04) 0.137
Parents' Education 1.00 (0.98-1.03) 0.800 1.01 (0.97-1.05) 0.665 1.00 (0.96-1.04) 0.974
Family Income 1.00 (0.96-1.04) 0.991 0.98 (0.92-1.04) 0.535 1.17 (0.96-1.07) 0.578
U.S. Born 0.92 (0.72-1.18) 0.504 1.12 (0.81-1.53) 0.494 0.75 (0.52-1.08) 0.120

Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), Waves 1 and 2.

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.