Table 3.

Frequencies of participants’ reports of body size; aggregated over years and showing odds ratios (OR) for grade levels within regions

Region	Grade level at recruitment	‘Too fat’		‘About right’		Odds	OR	95 % CIs
		n	%	n	%
Metropolitan	7	284	36.3	498	63.7	0.57	0.73	0.555–0.956
	11	130	43.9	166	56.1	0.78
Non-metropolitan	7	126	47.4	140	52.6	0.90	1.61	1.098–2.366
	11	67	35.8	120	64.2	0.56