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. 2015 Nov 17;12(11):14640–14668. doi: 10.3390/ijerph121114640

Table 7.

Propensity Score Matching Results without Trimming.

Self-Reported Overweight Sample Self-Reported Normal-weight Sample
Female Male Female Male
NNM LLR NNM LLR NNM LLR NNM LLR
Panel A: Weight-loss Intentions
LoseWeight 0.189 ** 0.186 ** 0.366 ** 0.360 ** 0.329 ** 0.328 ** 0.539 ** 0.550 **
(0.019) (0.017) (0.015) (0.014) (0.01) (0.007) (0.018) (0.014)
LoseWight_Diet 0.148 ** 0.146 ** 0.218 ** 0.208 ** 0.235 ** 0.231 ** 0.313 ** 0.312 **
(0.020) (0.020) (0.016) (0.015) (0.011) (0.01) (0.018) (0.017)
LoseWeight_Exer 0.075 ** 0.077 ** 0.125 ** 0.120 ** 0.120 ** 0.120 ** 0.243 ** 0.241 **
(0.018) (0.018) (0.016) (0.013) (0.011) (0.009) (0.018) (0.014)
Panel B: Eating Habits
Fruit_2 0.002 −0.005 −0.058 ** −0.047 ** −0.015 −0.017 * −0.004 −0.009
(0.015) (0.016) (0.013) (0.012) (0.009) (0.008) (0.016) (0.015)
Vegetable_3 −0.008 −0.012 −0.026 ** −0.028 ** −0.002 −0.002 −0.012 −0.002
(0.011) (0.011) (0.008) (0.009) (0.005) (0.004) (0.007) (0.006)
Soda −0.041 −0.036 −0.024 −0.029 −0.012 −0.025 0.010 0.016
(0.030) (0.030) (0.026) (0.024) (0.017) (0.016) (0.027) (0.024)
Panel C: Physical Activity
Active_5 Days −0.025 −0.021 −0.099 ** −0.094 ** −0.030 * −0.032 ** −0.122 ** −0.106 **
(0.023) (0.021) (0.023) (0.02) (0.014) (0.012) (0.028) (0.021)
Moderate_Exer 0.000 0.011 −0.06 ** −0.062 ** −0.011 −0.011 −0.100 ** −0.095 **
(0.020) (0.020) (0.013) (0.013) (0.013) (0.011) (0.018) (0.014)
Vigorous_Exer −0.004 −0.006 −0.048 ** −0.049 ** −0.014 −0.005 −0.054 ** −0.05 **
(0.018) (0.018) (0.017) (0.014) (0.012) (0.010) (0.020) (0.014)
PE_Class 0.004 −0.001 −0.072 ** −0.083 ** −0.035 ** −0.032 ** −0.079 ** −0.076 **
(0.021) (0.022) (0.017) (0.016) (0.011) (0.009) (0.019) (0.016)
Sport_Team −0.021 −0.009 −0.106 ** −0.109 ** −0.024 * −0.022 * −0.132 ** −0.127 **
(0.026) (0.024) (0.017) (0.016) (0.011) (0.01) (0.019) (0.015)
TV_Time 0.007 0.012 0.039 * 0.030 −0.023 * −0.023 * 0.037 0.027
(0.02) (0.018) (0.018) (0.016) (0.012) (0.010) (0.020) (0.017)
Video_Time 0.015 0.005 0.001 0.002 −0.001 0.000 0.062 ** 0.045 **
(0.025) (0.023) (0.020) (0.018) (0.011) (0.009) (0.02) (0.016)
Panel D: Unhealthy Weight-loss Methods
LoseWeight_Fasting 0.010 0.003 0.019 0.021 0.109 ** 0.108 ** 0.089 ** 0.085 **
(0.021) (0.019) (0.012) (0.011) (0.009) (0.008) (0.013) (0.011)
LoseWeight_Med 0.036* 0.035 0.018 0.018 0.095 ** 0.098 ** 0.063 ** 0.063 **
(0.018) (0.018) (0.010) (0.010) (0.009) (0.008) (0.010) (0.009)

Notes: Bootstrapped standard errors are in parentheses. Asterisks, ** and *, indicate the 1%, and 5% significance level, respectively. NNM uses 5 neighbors in the comparison group and LLR uses a fixed bandwidth (0.1).