Table 3.

Association between psychiatric distress with BMI and body weight perception according to gender: The CASPIAN-V study.

Boys	Worthless	Worried	Aggression	Insomnia	Anxiety	Depression
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Actual weight status (based on BMI)
Normal	1	1	1	1	1	1
Underweight	1.19 (0.97–1.46)	1.11 (0.96–1.28)	1.04 (0.90–1.20)	1.17 (1.00–1.38)	1.15 (0.86–1.54)	1.01 (0.84–1.21)
Excess weight	1.02 (0.84–1.24)	1.07 (0.93–1.22)	0.90 (0.72–1.02)	0.99 (0.85–1.15)	1.08 (0.83–1.43)	1.03 (0.87–1.22)
Self-perception of weight
Normal	1	1	1	1	1	1
Underweight	2.09 (1.67–2.61)*	1.75 (1.53–1.99)*	1.20 (1.05–1.38)*	1.41 (1.20–1.65)*	0.44 (0.27–0.74)*	1.85 (1.55–2.21)*
Excess weight	4.10 (3.35–5.10)*	1.81 (1.59–2.06)*	2.92 (2.31–3.70)*	2.68 (2.31–3.11)*	5.88 (4.40–7.86)*	3.78 (3.19–4.48)*
Girls	Worthless	Worried	Aggression	Insomnia	Anxiety	Depression
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Actual weight status (based on BMI)
Normal	1	1	1	1	1	1
Underweight	0.92 (0.73–1.15)	0.97 (0.83–1.13)	0.89 (0.76–1.04)	1.03 (0.87–1.23)	0.89 (0.65–1.22)	0.90 (0.74–1.10)
Excess weight	1.01 (0.84–1.22)	0.92 (0.80–1.05)	0.99 (0.87–1.14)	0.95 (0.81–1.11)	0.84 (0.64–1.10)	0.99 (0.84–1.18)
Self-perception of weight
Normal	1	1	1	1	1	1
Underweight	1.09 (1.53–2.35)*	1.62 (1.42–1.85)*	1.19 (1.04–1.36)*	1.32 (1.13–1.54)*	0.61 (0.40–0.91)*	1.76 (1.47–2.11)*
Excess weight	3.18 (2.62–3.85)*	1.53 (1.34–1.73)*	3.55 (3.12–4.04)*	2.23 (1.93–2.58)*	4.45 (3.40–5.82)*	3.48 (2.93–4.12)*

Model is adjusted for living area, age, socioeconomic status, school performance and self-perceived health.

^*p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

BMI = body mass index.