Table 5.
Multivariate Models Predicting Whether Weight Perceptions Are Accurate among Adolescents in Different Objective Weight Categories (N = 12,789) a
| Underweight (n = 442) |
Normal Weight (n = 8,779) |
Overweight (n = 1,857) |
Obese (n = 1,711) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | P Value | OR | (95% CI) | P Value | OR | (95% CI) | P Value | OR | (95% CI) | P Value | |
| Male | 0.70 | (0.38-1.29) | 0.253 | 1.22 | (1.07-1.40) | 0.005 | 0.32 | (0.24-0.45) | 0.000 | 0.24 | (0.15-0.37) | 0.000 |
| Race/Ethnicity (ref: non-Latino White) | ||||||||||||
| African American | 0.65 | (0.27-1.60) | 0.351 | 1.24 | (1.02-1.52) | 0.035 | 0.52 | (0.38-0.72) | 0.000 | 0.41 | (0.26-0.66) | 0.000 |
| Mexican | 1.19 | (0.49-2.89) | 0.690 | 0.81 | (0.65-1.01) | 0.060 | 0.89 | (0.49-1.60) | 0.688 | 0.99 | (0.51-1.90) | 0.967 |
| Other Latino | 0.68 | (0.33-1.40) | 0.287 | 0.95 | (0.73-1.23) | 0.682 | 0.65 | (0.35-1.18) | 0.153 | 1.07 | (0.56-2.02) | 0.837 |
| Asian | 1.08 | (0.32-3.73) | 0.897 | 0.68 | (0.48-0.95) | 0.025 | 0.71 | (0.20-2.58) | 0.603 | 0.60 | (0.22-1.68) | 0.331 |
| Native American | 2.17 | (0.14-33.02) | 0.574 | 0.72 | (0.30-1.72) | 0.454 | 0.66 | (0.17-2.48) | 0.534 | 0.65 | (0.31-138) | 0.257 |
Note: Analyses of Add Health data, Waves 1 and 2; Standard errors in parentheses
Two-tailed signficance tests: * significant at 5%; ** significant at 1%
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Adjusted for age, parental obesity, any athletic involvement, parents' education, family income and nativity.