Table 4.

Results from Multivariate Multinomial Logistic Regression Models Predicting Whether Adolescents' Underestimate or Overestimate Their Weight (Versus Have Accurate Weight Perceptions) for the Full Sample and for Male and Female Adolescents (N = 12,789)^a

	Underest			Overest
	OR	(95% CI)	P Value	OR	(95% CI)	P Value
Full Sample
Male	2.33	(2.00-2.72)	0.000	0.36	(0.30-0.43)	0.000
Race/Ethnicity (ref: non-Latino White)
African American	1.31	(1.13-1.52)	0.000	0.61	(0.47-0.80)	0.000
Mexican	1.20	(0.98-1.47)	0.076	1.06	(0.80-1.41)	0.678
Other Latino	1.20	(0.90-1.60)	0.213	0.93	(0.69-1.27)	0.649
Asian	1.64	(1.09-2.46)	0.017	1.30	(0.90-1.88)	0.165
Native American	1.56	(0.81-3.03)	0.185	0.92	(.45-1.86)	0.811
Girls
Race/Ethnicity (ref: non-Latino White)
African American	1.55	(1.22-1.96)	0.000	0.65	(0.48-0.89)	0.006
Mexican	1.43	(0.89-2.32)	0.139	1.06	(0.73-1.53)	0.772
Other Latino	1.28	(0.78-2.11)	0.333	0.83	(0.53-1.30)	0.411
Asian	2.49	(1.32-4.70)	0.005	1.37	(0.88-2.16)	0.166
Native American	2.32	(0.76-7.09)	0.140	0.68	(0.25-1.89)	0.461
Boys
Race/Ethnicity (ref: non-Latino White)
African American	1.19	(0.99-1.43)	0.065	0.55	(0.33-0.94)	0.028
Mexican	1.12	(0.84-1.48)	0.444	1.09	(0.69-1.72)	0.725
Other Latino	1.16	(0.83-1.61)	0.387	1.16	(0.68-1.87)	0.577
Asian	1.33	(0.80-2.23)	0.271	1.26	(0.70-2.27)	0.445
Native American	1.40	(0.67-2.94)	0.368	1.20	(0.41-3.50)	0.738

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

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

^aAdjusted for age, parental obesity, any athletic involvement, parents' education, family income and nativity.