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. 2021 Sep 27;9:e12047. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12047

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of quantitative and qualitative variables in the study.

Quantitative variable Median Lower quartile Upper quartile Shapiro–Wilk W Shapiro–Wilk p-value
Age (y) 22.00 21.00 24.00 0.895 <0.001
Height (m) 1.67 1.62 1.70 0.983 <0.001
Self-reported body weight (kg) 60.00 55.00 69.00 0.814 <0.001
BMI 21.72 20.20 24.24 0.748 <0.001
(1) Actual body image 5.00 4.00 7.00 0.956 <0.001
(2) Ideal body image 4.00 3.00 4.00 0.924 <0.001
(3) Reflected body image 5.00 4.00 6.00 0.957 <0.001
(4) Ought body image according to men 4.00 3.00 5.00 0.910 <0.001
(5) Ought body image according to women 3.00 2.00 3.00 0.912 <0.001
(1)–(2) Discrepancy 2.00 1.00 3.00 0.940 <0.001
(1)–(3) Discrepancy 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.873 <0.001
(1)–(4) Discrepancy 2.00 1.00 3.00 0.963 <0.001
(1)–(5) Discrepancy 2.50 2.00 4.00 0.960 <0.001
(6) Mental actual self 81.00 69.00 92.00 0.972 <0.001
(7) Mental reflected self 87.00 74.00 98.00 0.975 <0.001
(6)–(7) Discrepancy −6.00 −12.00 0.00 0.972 <0.001
Self-evaluation 28.00 25.00 32.00 0.991 0.019
Stereotype of people with obesity 2.30 1.80 2.80 0.956 <0.001
Qualitative variable Yes % Yes No % No
Weight norm (BMI according to the WHO criteria) 298 78.6 80 21.4 The group of participants with excess weight includes 53 participants with overweight and 27 participants with obesity.
“Do you think you are currently fat?” 129 34.5 245 65.5
“Are you currently ashamed of how much you weigh? 154 41.2 220 58.8
Overall weigh-related stigma 173 46.3 201 53.7