TABLE 4. Relative odds of correctly perceived overweight for low self-esteem, across sex and race/ethnicity of participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Waves I and II).
| OR (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | White | Black | Asian | Hispanic | |
| Males | 1.18 (0.97, 1.43) | 1.27 (0.97, 1.66) | 1.27 (0.77, 2.09) | 1.03 (0.50, 2.11) | 0.99 (0.70, 1.41) |
| N | 1,686 | 892 | 338 | 119 | 337 |
| Females | 1.69 (1.29, 2.21) | 1.83 (1.26, 2.66) | 1.89 (1.19, 2.99) | 1.08 (0.40, 2.90) | 1.08 (0.59, 1.97) |
| N | 1,629 | 785 | 477 | 64 | 303 |
Values in bold indicates OR significantly different than 1 (p < .05).