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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2021 Jan 5;54(4):595–605. doi: 10.1002/eat.23466

Table 3.

Overall weighted prevalence and bivariate analyses between demographics and identified patterns of weight-related self-monitoring (WRSM) among men

Demographic Overall “No WRSM” “All WRSM” “Know Nutrition/ Calorie Facts” p-value

Weighted Prevalence (%)

Overall prevalence 52.2 9.9 37.9
Race/Ethnicity
 White 66.2 65.5a 61.5a 68.4a .0497
 Black or African American 4.3 5.2a 3.4a 3.4a
 Hispanic/Latino 9.0 9.3a 6.7a 9.2a
 Asian 12.8 12.9a,b 18.9b 11.1a
 Other 7.7 7.2a 9.6a 8.0a
Parent Education .16
 High school or less 10.0 9.0 13.7 10.4
 Some college or Associate’s degree 14.9 14.3 14.0 16.0
 Bachelor’s degree 30.6 32.1 32.0 28.2
 Graduate degree 44.5 44.6 40.3 45.4
BMI Category <.0001
 <18.5 2.4 3.2a 0.3b 1.8a,b
 18.5–24.9 60.4 65.0a 45.9b 58.0c
 25–29.9 27.1 22.2a 39.3b 30.7b
 ≥30.0 10.1 9.6a 14.5a 9.6a

Mean (Standard Error)

BMI, mean (SE) 24.0 (0.1) 24.2 (0.1)a 25.7 (0.3)b 24.8 (0.1)c .0005
Age, mean (SE) 23.4 (0.1) 23.3 (0.1)a 23.6 (0.3)a,b 24.2 (0.2)b .0001

Superscripts are the result of pairwise comparisons of proportions across latent classes within row with p<.01; the same letter indicates lack of statistical difference between prevalences.