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. 2017 Oct 17;5:31. doi: 10.1186/s40337-017-0163-1

Table 2.

Body image assessment by weight status

Underweight
Mean (SD)
Normalweight
Mean (SD)
Overweight
Mean (SD)
F (df1, df2) p value
Females
 Actual Figure 3.0 (0.0) 5.2 (1.2) 6.5 (2.1) 5.80 (53,2) 0.005
 Ideal Figure 2.7 (0.6) 3.5 (1.0) 4.5 (0.7) 2.15 (53,2) 0.126
 BDS 0.3 (0.6) 1.8 (1.3) 2.0 (1.4) 1.94 (53,2) 0.154
Males
 Actual Figure - 3.3 (1.4) 5.4 (1.1) 68.98 (168, 1) <.001
 Ideal Figure - 3.6 (0.9) 4.1 (1.0) 7.42 (168, 1) 0.007
 BDS - −0.3 (1.3) 1.3 (1.1) 49.31 (168, 1) <.001

Statistical analyses were performed using ANOVA and Tukey’s post hoc test

df degree of freedom. F F values