Table 2.
Descriptive statistics among males by weight perception category
| Participant Characteristics | All males (n=2,632) | Weight Perception Category at Wave III | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Under-Perceivers (Perceived Underweight) (n=101) | Under-Perceivers (Perceived Healthy Weight) (n=1,161) | Accurate Perceivers (Perceived Overweight) (n=1,370) | p-value | ||||||
| Sampled Frequency | Weighted Percent (SE) or Mean (SE) | Sampled Frequency | Weighted Percent (SE) or Mean (SE) | Sampled Frequency | Weighted Percent (SE) or Mean (SE) | Sampled Frequency | Weighted Percent (SE) or Mean (SE) | ||
| Age (years; Wave III) | 2,632 | 21.7 (0.12) | 101 | 22.1 (0.31) | 1,161 | 21.6 (0.13) | 1,370 | 21.7 (0.13) | 0.24 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 2,632 | 31.3 (0.34) | 101 | 27.9 (0.37) | 1,161 | 27.9 (0.14) | 1,370 | 34.5 (0.60) | <0.001 |
| Highest Parental Education | 0.42 | ||||||||
| Less than High School | 269 | 9.1% (1.3) | 11 | 4.4% (1.7) | 111 | 44.8% (5.0) | 147 | 50.7% (4.7) | |
| High School Grad or Equivalent | 700 | 27.3% (1.7) | 36 | 4.5% (1.0) | 291 | 42.9% (2.3) | 373 | 52.6% (2.4) | |
| Some College/Trade School Post High School | 912 | 35.4% (1.6) | 30 | 2.7% (0.8) | 432 | 48.6% (2.0) | 450 | 48.8% (2.0) | |
| Graduated College or Above | 751 | 28.2% (1.9) | 24 | 3.0% (0.8) | 327 | 43.9% (2.4) | 400 | 53.1% (2.5) | |
| Parental Income as Percent of Federal Poverty Level | 2,632 | 2.73 (0.10) | 101 | 2.22 (0.22) | 1,161 | 2.81 (0.14) | 1,370 | 2.70 (0.10) | 0.06 |
| Race/Ethnicity | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,342 | 65.0% (3.2) | 35 | 2.5% (0.5) | 607 | 45.0% (1.6) | 700 | 52.5% (1.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 433 | 13.3% (2.0) | 30 | 7.0% (1.7) | 226 | 53.5% (3.1) | 177 | 39.5% (3.4) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 192 | 3.5% (0.9) | 6 | 1.7% (1.3) | 67 | 35.9% (5.9) | 119 | 62.4% (6.0) | |
| Hispanic | 481 | 12.1% (2.1) | 21 | 5.0% (1.5) | 185 | 42.6% (3.7) | 275 | 52.4% (3.7) | |
| Other/Multiracial | 184 | 6.2% (0.9) | 9 | 3.2% (1.4) | 76 | 42.6% (5.1) | 99 | 54.2% (5.3) | |
| Disordered Eating/Weight Control-Wave III | |||||||||
| Fasting/Meal Skipping (n=2,631) | 235 | 8.7% (0.70) | 8 | 6.4% (3.4) | 45 | 4.2% (0.7) | 182 | 12.9% (1.2) | <0.001 |
| Purging/Pills (n=2,631) | 82 | 3.0% (0.47) | 3 | 4.8% (2.8) | 10 | 0.6% (0.2) | 69 | 2.0% (0.8) | <0.001 |
| Overeating/Loss of Control Eating (n=2,628) | 176 | 6.2% (0.7) | 10 | 13.3% (4.8) | 67 | 5.2% (0.8) | 99 | 6.6% (1.1) | 0.06 |
| Performance Enhancing Products/Substances (n=2,605) | 498 | 20.1% (1.3) | 21 | 24.5% (6.7) | 280 | 25.7% (1.9) | 197 | 14.8% (1.4) | <0.001 |