Table 2.
Multi-factorial logistic regression analyses for factors associated with students’ perceptions of their body image adjusted for all other factors in the Table.
| Factors |
Body Image Perception |
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|---|---|---|---|
| “Too Thin” OR (95% CI)a | “Just Right” OR (95% CI)a | “Too Fat” OR (95% CI)a | |
| Gender | |||
| Females | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Males | 5.15 (3.10–8.57) | 1.54 (1.16–2.04) | 0.38 (0.29–0.50) |
| Age (year) | |||
| <20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 20–24 | 1.00 (0.53–1.88) | 0.83 (0.56–1.21) | 1.16 (0.80–1.69) |
| 25–29 | 0.41 (0.14–1.22) | 0.82 (0.49–1.37) | 1.54 (0.93–2.55) |
| ≥30 | 0.24 (0.80–0.68) | 0.71 (0.47–1.08) | 1.79 (1.19–2.69) |
| University | |||
| Southern Denmark (SDU) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Chester (UC) | 1.25 (0.70–2.25) | 0.47 (0.34–0.66) | 1.88 (1.36–2.61) |
| Perceived stressors (high vs. low) | |||
| Studies in general | 1.16 (0.89–1.52) | 0.84 (0.65–1.10) | 1.16 (0.89–1.52) |
| Workload in addition to studying | 0.72 (0.39–1.31) | 1.09 (0.80–1.48) | 1.02 (0.75–1.38) |
| Housing | 1.08 (0.48–2.47) | 1.07 (0.68–1.66) | 0.93 (0.61–1.44) |
| Financial situation | 0.93 (0.56–1.52) | 0.67 (0.50–0.88) | 1.54 (1.17–2.04) |
| Nutrition score | |||
| High calorie diet scoreb | |||
| Low (1st tertile) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium (2nd tertile) | 0.73 (0.44–1.24) | 1.05 (0.76–1.44) | 1.07 (0.79–1.47) |
| High (3rd tertile) | 0.35 (0.18–0.69) | 1.29 (0.93–1.81) | 1.04 (0.74–1.46) |
| Healthy diet scorec | |||
| Low (1st tertile) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium (2nd tertile) | 0.59 (0.33–1.06) | 1.48 (1.07–2.04) | 0.83 (0.60–1.14) |
| High (3rd tertile) | 0.54 (0.30–0.99) | 1.58 (1.15–2.16) | 0.77 (0.56–1.05) |
| Quality of life | |||
| Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 0.97 (0.36–2.64) | 1.87 (1.04–3.35) | 0.56 (0.32–0.99) |
| High | 0.93 (0.36–2.41) | 1.93 (1.09–3.42) | 0.54 (0.31–0.93) |
| Social support | |||
| High (≥3 persons) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Low (<3 persons) | 1.04 (0.61–1.75) | 1.08 (0.80–1.46) | 0.92 (0.68–1.24) |
| Satisfaction with social support | |||
| Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 1.06 (0.65–1.73) | 0.89 (0.67–1.18) | 1.12 (0.84–1.48) |
| High | 1.50 (0.57–3.98) | 1.32 (0.76–2.29) | 0.69 (0.40–1.20) |
a
OR: odds ratio adjusted for all other factors in the table; CI: confidence interval;
b
low vitamins and minerals, high fat, high calories, high carbohydrate;
c
high vitamins and minerals, high fibre, low fat, low calories.