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. 2009 Sep 10;2(5):311–317. doi: 10.1159/000235915

Table 2.

Figure dislike, personality attributes, and functional deficits repeated-measures ANOVA ratings (mean, standard deviation (SD)) for female participants

Male figure, mean (SD)
Female figure, mean (SD)
low normal overweight obese extremely obese low normal overweight obese extremely obese
Dislike 2.52 (1.43) 2.80 (1.46)b 3.50 (1.53)c 4.08 (1.71) 2.80 (1.56)d 2.60 (1.44)e 2.97 (1.40)f 3.90 (1.77)g
Attributes 1.93 (0.56)a 2.32 (0.55)b 3.30 (0.53)c 3.72 (0.49) 2.22 (0.55)d 2.27 (0.48) 2.96 (0.47)f 3.72 (0.53)
Functional deficits 1.04 (0.15)a 1.10 (0.25)b 1.78 (0.57)c 2.25 (0.58) 1.09 (0.25)d 1.11 (0.28) 1.50 (0.51)f 2.25 (0.62)

Superscripts indicate p < 0.05; df for all comparisons = 191.

a

Weight: low normal vs. overweight (attributes t = 7.32, d = 0.48; FD t = 2.79, d = 0.21).

b

Weight: overweight vs. obese (dislike t = 6.13, d = 0.40; attributes t = 17.69, d = 1.64; FD t = 17.85, d = 1.33).

c

Weight: obese vs. extremely obese (dislike t = 9.70, d = 0.49; attributes t = 19.31, d = 1.31; FD t = 20.92, d = 1.19).

d

Low normal: male vs. female (dislike t = 2.63, d = 0.18; attributes t = 7.54, d = 0.52; FD t = 3.34, d = 0.27).

e

Overweight: male vs. female (dislike t = 2.18, d = 0.13).

f

Obese: male vs. female (dislike t = 5.66, d = 0.36; attributes t = 9.11, d = 0.68; FD t = 7.14, d = 0.52).

g

Extremely obese: male vs. female (dislike t = 2.25, d = 0.10).