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. 2013 Sep 8;13:815. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-815

Table 5.

Relationships of weight self-perception with reporting refusal, measurement refusal, BMIsr under-reporting or BMIsr over-reporting (vs. correct reporting) and roles of covariates (N = 1559): odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI)

 
Reporting refusal
Measurement refusal
BMIsr under-reporting (with change in BMI category; vs. correct reporting)
BMIsr over-reporting (with change in BMI category; vs. correct reporting)
 
OR
%
OR
%
OR
%
OR
%
  95% CI   95% CI   95% CI   95% CI  
Weight perception
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feeling too fat (vs. feeling the right weight)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Crude OR
2.39†
 
1.46
 
1.80‡
 
2.61‡
 
1.25-4.56
 
0.97-2.18
 
1.25-2.58
 
1.56-4.36
 
  Model 1
2.38*
100
1.46

0.56†
100
5.07‡
100
1.18-4.79
 
0.97-2.18
 
0.37-0.86
 
2.91-8.83
  Model 2
1.77
44
1.01

0.55†
2
8.40‡
-82
0.82-3.81
 
0.64-1.58
 
0.35-0.89
 
4.41-16.0
Feeling too thin (vs. feeling the right weight)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Crude OR
3.43‡
 
1.12
 
1.23
 
1.76
 
1.60-7.39
 
0.61-2.06
 
0.71-2.12
 
0.84-3.72
  Model 1
3.61†
100
1.12

6.32‡
100
1.17

1.63-8.01
0.61-2.06
2.91-13.7
0.52-2.64
  Model 2
3.35†
10
1.05

7.23‡
-17
1.00

  1.45-7.74   0.55-2.00   3.26-16.0   0.41-2.46  

*p < 0.05, †p < 0.01, ‡p < 0.001.

BMI: Body mass index; BMIsr: self-reported BMI.

Model 1: adjusted for measured BMI (except for measurement refusal).

Model 2: with further adjustment for socioeconomic factors and health-related and behavioural factors (Table 4).

% = Reduction (positive%) or increase (negative%) in OR computed with the following formula: (OR model 1–HR model2)/(OR model 1–1).