Table 2.
Results of the Regression Analysis: Perception of Oneself as Overweight as a Predictor of Subsequent Physiological Dysregulation, Self-Rated Health, and Depressive Symptoms
| Predictor | Physiological
dysregulation |
Self-rated health |
Depressive symptoms |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight gain not included | Weight gain included | Weight gain not included | Weight gain included | Weight gain not included | Weight gain included | |
| Perception of self as overweight | 0.24*** (0.04) | 0.13*** (0.03) | −0.22*** (0.04) | −0.18*** (0.04) | 0.09* (0.04) | 0.09* (0.04) |
| Age | 0.03*** (0.01) | 0.04*** (0.01) | −0.02* (0.01) | −0.02** (0.01) | 0.03*** (0.01) | 0.03** (0.01) |
| Sex (female) | −0.52*** (0.03) | −0.49*** (0.03) | −0.06 (0.03) | −0.07* (0.03) | 0.16*** (0.03) | 0.16*** (0.03) |
| White | 0.01 (0.03) | 0.06* (0.03) | 0.18*** (0.03) | 0.16*** (0.03) | −0.12*** (0.04) | −0.12*** (0.04) |
| Education | −0.04*** (0.01) | −0.03*** (0.01) | 0.07*** (0.01) | 0.07*** (0.01) | −0.07*** (0.01) | −0.07*** (0.01) |
| Income | −0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) |
| Limiting condition | 0.07* (0.04) | 0.09** (0.03) | −0.05 (0.04) | −0.06 (0.04) | 0.07 (0.04) | 0.06 (0.04) |
| Body mass index at baseline | 0.07*** (0.00) | 0.07*** (0.00) | −0.01*** (0.00) | −0.02*** (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.00 (0.00) |
| Weight gaina | — | 0.10*** (0.00) | — | −0.04*** (0.00) | — | −0.00 (0.00) |
| Self-rated health | — | — | 0.39*** (0.02) | 0.38*** (0.02) | — | — |
| Depressive symptoms | — | — | — | — | 0.10*** (0.00) | 0.10*** (0.00) |
Note: The table presents z scores, with standard errors in parentheses.
a
Weight gain was calculated by subtracting body mass index (BMI) at baseline from BMI at follow-up.
*
p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.