Table 1.
Characteristics of the subjects.
| Underweight | Normal weight | Overweight/obese | |||||||
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| UW(=) (n = 37) |
UW(+) (n = 46) |
P value | NW(=) (n = 711) |
NW(−) (n = 132) |
P value | OW/OB(=) (n = 47) |
OW/OB(−) (n = 155) |
P value | |
| Children | |||||||||
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| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 18 (49) | 24 (52) | .750 | 320 (45) | 69 (52) | .124 | 19 (40) | 86 (55) | .070 |
| Female | 19 (51) | 22 (48) | 391 (55) | 63 (48) | 28 (60) | 69 (45) | |||
| Age, in years | 6.3 (6.2–6.4) |
6.2 (6.1–6.3) |
.054 | 6.2 (6.2-6.2) |
6.2 (6.2-6.3) |
.776 | 6.3 (6.2–6.4) |
6.2 (6.2-6.3) |
.383 |
| BMI, in percentile | 1.7 (1.2–2.2) |
1.9 (1.4–2.4) |
.567 | 49.7 (48.0–51.3) |
32.4 (28.6–36.3) |
<.001 | 97.2 (96.3–98.2) |
91.4 (90.7–92.0) |
<.001 |
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| Age | |||||||||
| <35 years old | 17 (46) | 28 (61) | .175 | 329 (46) | 65 (49) | .548 | 23 (49) | 74 (48) | .886 |
| ≥35 years old | 20 (54) | 18 (39) | 380 (54) | 67 (51) | 24 (51) | 81 (52) | |||
| Immigrant | |||||||||
| No | 24 (65) | 39 (85) | .035 | 548 (77) | 103 (79) | .645 | 32 (68) | 111 (72) | .641 |
| Yes | 13 (35) | 7 (15) | 160 (23) | 27 (21) | 15 (32) | 44 (28) | |||
| Highest diploma obtained | |||||||||
| High school or less | 8 (22) | 17 (37) | .130 | 242 (34) | 33 (25) | .040 | 21 (45) | 60 (39) | .464 |
| Post-secondary | 29 (78) | 29 (63) | 467 (66) | 99 (75) | 26 (55) | 95 (61) | |||
Results are n (% per body weight category) for categorical and mean score (95% confidence interval) for continuous variables; BMI: body mass index; UW: underweight; NW: normal weight; OW/OB: overweight or obese; (−): perceived leaner than they are; (=): perceived accurately; (+): perceived bigger than they are. Number of subjects per category presented at the top of each column is the maximal number and is accurate for most categorical variables and all continuous variables. For precise number of subjects, calculation of subjects per category can be performed.