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. 2010 Aug 9;10:467. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-467

Table 1.

Percentage of overweight or obese individuals who perceived their weight as too high according to sex, actual weight status, and socioeconomic status (SES).

Education Occupation Income



Sex SES N % p N % p N % p
Overweight
M Low 60 28.3 0.062 44 29.5 0.016 31 22.6 0.038
Intermediate 98 36.7 125 32.8 144 36.8
High 53 45.3 42 54.8 36 47.2
F Low 68 35.3 0.000 110 40.9 0.000 93 48.4 0.087
Intermediate 107 54.2 80 63.8 121 58.7
High 51 82.4 36 77.8 12 66.7
Obese
M Low 22 59.1 0.001 14 71.4 0.105 15 66.7 0.055
Intermediate 43 72.1 63 73.0 56 73.2
High 24 100.0 12 100.0 18 94.4
F Low 98 73.5 0.003 152 79.0 0.039 119 82.4 0.433
Intermediate 112 87.5 68 86.8 124 81.5
High 46 91.3 36 91.7 13 100.0
Overweight or obese
M Low 82 36.6 0.001 58 39.7 0.009 46 37.0 0.009
Intermediate 141 47.5 188 46.3 200 47.0
High 77 62.3 54 64.8 54 63.0
F Low 166 57.8 0.000 262 63.0 0.000 212 67.5 0.157
Intermediate 219 71.2 148 74.3 245 70.2
High 97 86.6 72 84.7 25 84.0