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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2014 Sep;38(5):765–780. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.38.5.14

Appendix Table D. Tests for Interaction of Weight Misperception by Sex, 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

Health Risk Behaviors Weight Misperception × Sex

(-II) × Female (-I) × Female (I) × Female (II) × Female
Estimation p value Estimation p value Estimation p value Estimation p value
Safety & Violence
 Rarely/never wore seatbelt -0.1864 0.5264 -0.0393 0.8069 0.359 0.2295 -0.7887 0.0627
 Drink & drive 0.469 0.2449 -0.1109 0.5544 0.2492 0.2668 -0.7893 0.2067
 Carry a weapon at school 1.4753 0.0004 0.6146 0.0144 -0.3356 0.374 0.4154 0.5454
 Not go to school due to feeling unsafe 0.113 0.7361 0.6472 0.0065 0.2914 0.3141 -0.8889 0.1014
 Threatened or injured with a weapon at school 0.0441 0.9124 0.1091 0.6063 -0.1934 0.4992 -0.5301 0.3532
 Property stolen/damaged 0.5975 0.027 0.0619 0.6473 -0.2124 0.2222 -1.5091 0.0027
 Fight at school 0.1273 0.7152 0.2411 0.2068 0.1687 0.4652 -0.7878 0.226
 Hit by boyfriend/girlfriend on purpose 0.261 0.3143 0.1357 0.2848 -0.0387 0.872 -0.6296 0.3104
 Physically forced to have sex -0.3687 0.3617 0.2116 0.342 0.122 0.7323 -2.2296 <.0001
 Not use condom 0.4736 0.2568 0.1292 0.5026 0.1566 0.5565 1.2717 0.0721
 Being bullied 0.0347 0.8964 0.3736 0.0434 -0.4028 0.0268 -0.5599 0.2058
Mental Health
 Felt sad/hopeless -0.0374 0.9074 0.0313 0.798 -0.0815 0.5526 -0.2939 0.4901
 Considered suicide 0.4634 0.1017 0.3442 0.0299 0.0833 0.6701 -0.6036 0.1684
 Planned suicide 0.2558 0.4496 0.2319 0.1993 0.338 0.1409 -0.837 0.0705
 Attempted suicide -0.2291 0.5339 0.333 0.0563 0.199 0.4685 -1.2758 0.0182
 Suicide attempt treated by a Dr./nurse -0.3816 0.4956 0.2593 0.385 0.279 0.6264 -1.3702 0.047
Substance Use
 Current cigarette use 0.4878 0.2644 0.0861 0.7094 -0.0415 0.9068 -0.569 0.4708
 Current alcohol use 0.6071 0.0862 0.336 0.0504 0.4305 0.1652 -0.7564 0.2457
 Current marijuana use 0.6339 0.1019 0.1513 0.4489 0.1774 0.6527 -0.7271 0.2427
 Current cocaine use 0.7935 0.1814 0.4354 0.2227 0.079 0.871 -1.5324 0.1034
 Lifetime heroin use 0.7952 0.1469 0.6098 0.1149 -0.1253 0.7763 -1.1911 0.1144
 Lifetime methamphetamines use 0.5748 0.1894 0.4743 0.135 -0.3603 0.4032 -0.8789 0.1168
 Lifetime hallucinogenic drug use 0.5574 0.219 -0.1094 0.6794 0.0905 0.7388 -1.1775 0.0211
 Lifetime ecstasy use 0.5382 0.1369 0.1318 0.5874 0.638 0.0868 -0.2243 0.6578
 Lifetime steroid use 0.0595 0.9131 0.4373 0.1065 -0.1563 0.6824 -1.0966 0.0569
Dieting & Physical Inactivity
 Trying to lose weight -0.7552 0.0002 -0.6942 <.0001 0.0252 0.881 0.7715 0.0413
 Fasted to lose weight -0.1618 0.5746 -0.0498 0.7886 0.0201 0.9146 -1.1988 0.027
 Diet pills to lose weight -0.3535 0.3126 -0.4409 0.1542 0.1846 0.562 -0.2659 0.6943
 Vomited to lose weight -1.2773 0.0002 -0.4845 0.0578 -0.0818 0.8217 -0.7352 0.1972
 Not eat breakfast -0.0858 0.8039 0.0531 0.6879 0.1396 0.4378 0.5748 0.1625
 Played video/computer game 0.2632 0.3304 -0.0131 0.9139 -0.3533 0.0318 -0.9771 0.0187
 Not attend sports teams 0.7923 0.0017 0.158 0.0696 -0.5343 0.0018 -0.2319 0.6415