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. 2022 Jan 10;10:5. doi: 10.1186/s40337-021-00524-3

Table 3.

Logistic regression on multifacted factors associated with disordered eating, by gender

Model 1 (all) B–H critical P value Sig Model 2 (females) B–H critial P value Sig Model 3 (males) B–H critial P value Sig
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Personal variables
 Age 0.79 0.68–0.92 0.00 0.02 * 0.81 0.57–1.14 0.23 0.36 0.95 0.90–1.00 0.04 0.13
 Girls (ref: Boys) 0.96 0.66–1.41 0.84 0.88 NA NA
 Perceived body weight (ref: Perceived normal weight)
  Perceived underweight 0.53 0.43–0.66 0.00 0.00 * 0.74 0.45–1.21 0.23 0.36 0.46 0.34–0.61 0.00 0.00 *
  Perceived overweight 1.08 0.78–1.49 0.66 0.88 0.75 0.41–1.37 0.35 0.48 1.59 1.21–2.08 0.00 0.00 *
  Perceived obese 1.33 1.12–1.59 0.00 0.00 * 0.40 0.14–1.12 0.08 0.17 1.88 0.70–5.10 0.21 0.36
 Moderate to severe depressive mood (ref: No) 3.79 2.23–6.47 0.00 0.00 * 6.74 3.66–12.42 0.00 0.00 * 1.64 0.49–5.51 0.42 0.50
Behavioral variables
 Unhealthy eating behaviors 1.08 0.96–1.21 0.20 0.35 1.04 0.86–1.25 0.72 0.72 1.12 0.78–1.29 0.11 0.26
 Regular exercise (ref: No) 1.35 0.80–2.29 0.26 0.40 1.45 1.14–1.84 0.00 0.00 * 1.23 0.48–3.17 0.66 0.66
Family-related variables
 Family weight-teasing (ref: No) 1.79 1.42–2.25 0.00 0.00 * 2.19 1.52–3.13 0.00 0.00 * 1.75 0.62–4.93 0.29 0.42
 Family pressure to control weight 1.23 0.70–2.15 0.47 0.63 1.30 0.73–2.30 0.38 0.48 1.24 0.69–2.24 0.47 0.49
 Perceived family support 1.01 0.81–1.26 0.93 0.93 0.94 0.77–1.13 0.50 0.59 1.08 0.84–1.38 0.55 0.58
 Mother with college degree and above (ref: No) 1.39 1.20–1.61 0.00 0.00 * 2.31 1.02–5.25 0.05 0.12 0.56 0.14–2.26 0.42 0.50
 Father with college degree and above (ref: No) 1.50 1.06–2.13 0.02 0.04 * 0.61 0.25–1.53 0.29 0.36 5.23 1.93–14.17 0.00 0.00 *
 Immigrant family (ref: No) 2.14 2.07–2.21 0.00 0.00 * 2.05 1.66–2.54 0.00 0.00 * 2.80 2.13–3.68 0.00 0.00 *
 Family type (ref: Traditional family)
  Single-parent family 1.49 0.70–3.15 0.30 0.43 0.79 0.23–2.78 0.72 0.72 2.98 0.68–13.06 0.15 0.30
  Extended family 0.97 0.74–1.28 0.83 0.88 1.92 1.64–2.24 0.00 0.00 * 0.45 0.19–1.06 0.07 0.19
School-related variables
 Low peer acceptance in classroom (ref: No) 1.86 1.21–2.85 0.01 0.02 * 2.81 2.01–3.92 0.00 0.00 * 1.64 0.82–3.28 0.16 0.30
 Friend weight-teasing (ref: No) 1.09 0.54–2.17 0.81 0.88 0.81 0.28–2.31 0.69 0.72 2.03 0.55–7.53 0.29 0.42
 Friend pressure to control weight 1.48 0.93–2.33 0.10 0.20 1.63 1.05–2.52 0.02 0.05 * 1.33 0.72–2.45 0.36 0.53
 Perceived friend support 1.02 0.99–1.06 0.21 0.35 1.06 0.94–1.19 0.34 0.48 1.05 1.01–1.10 0.02 0.08 *
 Constant 0.23 0.11–0.48 0.00 0.28 0.00–80.57 0.66 0.00 0.00–0.01

B–H critial value is calcuated using the formula from Benjamini & Hochberg (1995)

*Indicates the B–H critical P value is significant at False Discovery Rate of 0.10