Table 2.
Distributions by self-reported weight for 12–18 year old overweight and obese patient and proxy reporters, Mayo Clinic 2007
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| Very/somewhat underweight/about right (N=64) | Somewhat/very overweight (N=47) | P-value | Very/somewhat underweight/about right (N=153) | Somewhat/very overweight (N=103) | P-value | Very/somewhat underweight/about right (N=9) | Somewhat overweight (N=53) | Very overweight (N=16) | P-value | Very/somewhat underweight/about right (N=38) | Somewhat overweight (N=153) | Very overweight (N=38) | P-value | |
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| Misperceivers | Accurate perceivers | Misperceivers | Accurate perceivers | Misperceivers | Accurate perceivers | Misperceivers | Accurate perceivers | |||||||
| Age of BMI measurement | 0.3468a | 0.5521a | 0.3789a | 0.2444a | ||||||||||
| N | 64 | 47 | 153 | 103 | 9 | 53 | 16 | 38 | 153 | 38 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 16.2 (1.25) | 16.0 (1.67) | 14.6 (1.67) | 14.4 (1.74) | 15.7 (1.62) | 16.4 (1.56) | 16.5 (1.30) | 13.9 (1.26) | 14.4 (1.70) | 14.3 (1.58) | ||||
| Range | (12.2–18.0) | (12.3–18.1) | (12.0–18.1) | (12.0–18.0) | (12.5–17.5) | (12.1–18.1) | (13.3–17.9) | (12.1–17.3) | (12.0–17.8) | (12.1–17.4) | ||||
| Sex | <0.0001b | <0.0001b | 0.4427c | 0.0009b | ||||||||||
| F | 27 (42.2%) | 38 (80.9%) | 63 (41.2%) | 70 (68%) | 4 (44.4%) | 27 (50.9%) | 11 (68.8%) | 4 (10.5%) | 57 (37.3%) | 19 (50%) | ||||
| M | 37 (57.8%) | 9 (19.1%) | 90 (58.8%) | 33 (32%) | 5 (55.6%) | 26 (49.1%) | 5 (31.3%) | 34 (89.5%) | 96 (62.7%) | 19 (50%) | ||||
| Race | 0.2236b | 0.4808b | 0.5459c | 0.6355b | ||||||||||
| Other | 7 (10.9%) | 9 (19.1%) | 29 (19%) | 16 (15.5%) | 1 (11.1%) | 12 (22.6%) | 5 (31.3%) | 5 (13.2%) | 29 (19%) | 8 (21.1%) | ||||
| White | 57 (89.1%) | 38 (80.9%) | 124 (81%) | 87 (84.5%) | 8 (88.9%) | 41 (77.4%) | 11 (68.8%) | 33 (86.8%) | 124 (81%) | 30 (78.9%) | ||||
| Which of the following is the patient trying to do about his/her weight? | <0.0001c | <0.0001c | 0.0008c | <0.0001c | ||||||||||
| Missing | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Not trying to do anything about their weight | 26 (41.9%) | 12 (26.7%) | 92 (62.2%) | 31 (31%) | 4 (50%) | 10 (18.9%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (56.8%) | 44 (29.3%) | 4 (11.4%) | ||||
| Gain weight | 5 (8.1%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (4.1%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | ||||
| Lose weight | 12 (19.4%) | 32 (71.1%) | 19 (12.8%) | 60 (60%) | 1 (12.5%) | 36 (67.9%) | 15 (93.8%) | 7 (18.9%) | 91 (60.7%) | 31 (88.6%) | ||||
| Stay the same weight | 19 (30.6%) | 1 (2.2%) | 31 (20.9%) | 8 (8%) | 2 (25%) | 7 (13.2%) | 1 (6.3%) | 9 (24.3%) | 14 (9.3%) | 0 (0%) | ||||
| 60-min physical activity (days per week) | 0.0007a | 0.0001a | 0.0503a | 0.0490a | ||||||||||
| N | 61 | 45 | 146 | 100 | 9 | 53 | 15 | 37 | 146 | 32 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 5.0 (1.83) | 3.8 (1.83) | 4.9 (1.82) | 3.8 (2.29) | 5.4 (1.42) | 3.8 (2.05) | 3.5 (1.96) | 4.7 (1.87) | 3.9 (2.01) | 3.6 (2.21) | ||||
| Range | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (3.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (1.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–7.0) | ||||
| TV/computer/video games (hours per day) | 0.4268a | 0.9420a | 0.1879a | 0.2124a | ||||||||||
| N | 64 | 46 | 149 | 98 | 9 | 50 | 16 | 38 | 149 | 36 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.2 (0.58) | 1.3 (0.57) | 1.4 (0.58) | 1.4 (0.64) | 2.0 (1.22) | 1.5 (0.71) | 1.8 (0.68) | 1.6 (0.68) | 1.8 (0.80) | 1.9 (0.82) | ||||
| Range | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (1.0–4.0) | (0.0–4.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (1.0–4.0) | (0.0–4.0) | (1.0–4.0) | ||||
| Servings fruit/vegetables per day | 0.9270a | 0.4727a | 0.7299a | 0.3077a | ||||||||||
| N | 62 | 46 | 150 | 102 | 9 | 50 | 15 | 38 | 148 | 37 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 2.6 (1.03) | 2.6 (1.27) | 2.5 (1.16) | 2.4 (1.08) | 2.6 (1.33) | 2.2 (1.17) | 2.2 (1.26) | 2.2 (1.12) | 2.3 (1.03) | 2.0 (0.93) | ||||
| Range | (1.0–5.0) | (1.0–5.0) | (0.0–5.0) | (0.0–5.0) | (1.0–5.0) | (0.0–5.0) | (0.0–4.0) | (1.0–5.0) | (0.0–5.0) | (0.0–4.0) | ||||
| Chips/French fries (times per day) | 0.6263a | 0.0671a | 0.8300a | 0.1774a | ||||||||||
| N | 63 | 44 | 144 | 101 | 8 | 52 | 15 | 33 | 146 | 34 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.7 (0.73) | 0.8 (0.83) | 0.6 (0.67) | 0.8 (0.65) | 0.9 (0.83) | 0.8 (0.64) | 0.7 (0.70) | 0.6 (0.56) | 0.7 (0.66) | 0.9 (0.87) | ||||
| Range | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–2.0) | (0.0–2.0) | (0.0–2.0) | (0.0–2.0) | (0.0–2.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | ||||
| Sweetened drinks/pop (times per day) | 0.9748a | 0.6742a | 0.7356a | 0.4563a | ||||||||||
| N | 64 | 46 | 151 | 99 | 8 | 51 | 16 | 37 | 149 | 36 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.0 (0.95) | 1.0 (1.06) | 0.8 (0.85) | 0.8 (0.86) | 0.9 (0.99) | 1.2 (1.01) | 1.1 (1.24) | 0.8 (0.86) | 0.8 (0.83) | 1.0 (0.99) | ||||
| Range | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–3.0) | ||||
| Fast food (times per week) | 0.1714a | 0.4152a | 0.1904a | 0.0461a | ||||||||||
| N | 63 | 45 | 138 | 99 | 9 | 51 | 16 | 38 | 144 | 36 | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.0 (0.81) | 1.2 (1.38) | 1.1 (0.88) | 1.2 (0.94) | 1.9 (1.17) | 1.4 (1.02) | 1.1 (0.81) | 1.0 (0.82) | 1.4 (1.16) | 1.6 (1.44) | ||||
| Range | (0.0–4.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–4.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–4.0) | (0.0–3.0) | (0.0–4.0) | (0.0–7.0) | (0.0–5.0) | ||||
Notes:
a
ANOVA F-test;
b
chi-square test;
c
Fisher’s exact test.
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; BMI, body mass index; F, female; M, male; min, minutes; SD, standard deviation; TV, television.