. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2010 Jun;51(2):215–228. doi: 10.1177/0022146510372353

Table 2.

Weighted Estimates (Logits) from Logistic Regression Models predicting Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	Panel A: Boys (N=6,557)
Actual Weight (ref = normal)
Underweight	.680 (.208) ^**^a		.574 (.205) ^**^a
Overweight	.044 (.120)		−.170 (.160)
Weight Perceptions (ref = about right)
Perceives underweight		.566 (.125) ^***	.487 (.134) ^***
Perceives overweight		.522 (.147) ^***	.637 (.180) ^***
Constant	−4.74 (.733) ^***	−4.97 (.737) ^***	−4.87 (.731) ^***^a

	Panel B: Girls (N=6,126)
Actual Weight (ref = normal)
Underweight	−.341 (.241) ^a		−.470 (.266) ^a
Overweight	−.150 (.125)		−.429 (.151) ^**
Weight Perceptions (ref = about right)
Perceives underweight		.454 (.144) ^**	.513 (.155) ^***
Perceives overweight		.426 (.099) ^***	.604 (.115) ^***
Constant	−3.01 (.554) ^***	−3.23 (.565) ^***	−3.05 (.553) ^***^a

^***

p <= .001

^**

p <= .01

p <= .05

Notes:

Indicates a statistically significant gender difference
Standard errors in parentheses
All models also include control variables representing respondents’ race/ethnicity, nativity, age, fair or poor self-assessed health, whether respondents are physically active at least 5 days/week, family structure, family income percentile, parents’ highest education level, and parents’ obesity status
Source: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health