Table 5.
Body image assessment by sex and amount of physical activity
| |
Females |
Males |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trait | I st Tertile | III rd Tertile | P value | I st Tertile | III rd Tertile | P value |
| Height (cm) |
163.5 ± 5.9 |
164.4 ± 6.6 |
0.2835 |
177.2 ± 6.2 |
178.1 ± 6.3 |
0.2731 |
| Weight (kg) |
57.9 ± 8.8 |
60.3 ± 8.0 |
0.0198 |
76.3 ± 11.3 |
74.9 ± 8.8 |
0.4221 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
21.6 ± 2.9 |
22.3 ± 2.4 |
0.0169 |
24.3 ± 3.3 |
23.6 ± 2.2 |
0.1557 |
| Feel figure |
4.7 ± 1.6 |
5.0 ± 1.6 |
0.2546 |
3.8 ± 1.6 |
3.8 ± 1.6 |
0.9962 |
| Ideal figure |
3.5 ± 1.2 |
3.4 ± 1.3 |
0.7357 |
3.5 ± 1.3 |
3.8 ± 1.2 |
0.0916 |
| FID |
1.26 ± 1.32 |
1.55 ± 1.21 |
0.1214 |
0.33 ± 1.28 |
0.03 ± 1.27 |
0.0493 |
| FAI |
0.23 ± 0.53 |
0.25 ± 0.55 |
0.8892 |
-0.41 ± 0.58 |
-0.33 ± 0.53 |
0.3788 |
| Opposite sex ideal |
3.7 ± 1.1 |
3.7 ± 1.1 |
0.9794 |
3.7 ± 1.3 |
3.8 ± 1.0 |
0.5082 |
| Same sex ideal for the opposite sex | 3.3 ± 1.2 | 3.2 ± 1.0 | 0.6965 | 3.3 ± 1.1 | 3.7 ± 1.1 | 0.0245 |