Table 2.
Distribution of the self-perceived body size by BMI categories and age groups
| Body size perception n (% in total) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overestimation | Correct | Underestimation | Total | p-value** | ||
| BMI | Underweight | 28 (8.9) | 5 (1.6) | – | 33 (10.5) | < 0.01 |
| Normal weight | 61 (19.2) | 80 (25.2) | 8 (2.5) | 149 (46.9) | ||
| Overweight | 1 (0.3) | 64 (20.2) | 22 (6.9) | 87 (27.4) | ||
| Obese | – | 5 (1.6) | 43 (13.6) | 48 (15.2) | ||
| Total | 90 (28.4) | 154 (48.6) | 73 (23.0) | 317 (100)a | ||
| Age groups | 18–25 | 31 (9.8) | 34 (10.7) | 7 (2.2) | 72 (22.7) | < 0.01 |
| 26–45 | 32 (10.1) | 73 (23.0) | 27 (8.5) | 132 (41.6) | ||
| 46+ | 27 (8.5) | 47 (14.8) | 39 (12.3) | 113 (35.6) | ||
| Total | 90 (28.4) | 154 (48.6) | 73 (23.0) | 317 (100) a | ||
aMissing values (n = 38), **p-values tested with chi-square