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. 2022 Oct 17;17(10):e0276249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276249

Table 4. Hierarchical linear regression models with DMS total score as the outcome.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Unstandardised coefficients Standardised coefficients Unstandardised coefficients Standardised coefficients Unstandardised coefficients Standardised coefficients Unstandardised coefficients Standardised coefficients
B 95% CI β P B 95% CI β p B 95% CI β p B 95% CI β p
(Constant) 36.093 35.198, 36,989 < 0.001 11.886 7.627, 16.146 < 0.001 11.711 7.408, 16.014 < 0.001 11.525 7.160, 15.891 < 0.001
AQ total score 0.190 0.082, 0.298 0.106 0.001 0.042 -.0246, 0.331 0.023 0.777 0.018 -0.281, 0.317 0.010 0.907 0.035 -0.273, 0.342 0.019 0.825
Sex 16.955 13.025, 20.885 0.556 < 0.001 17.202 13.240, 21.164 0.564 < 0.001 17.398 13.332, 21.464 0.571 < 0.001
AQ*Sex 0.011 -0.169, 0.192 0.013 0.902 0.007 -0.177, 0.191 0.008 0.941 0.000 -0.190, 0.189 0.000 0.997
Age -0.258 -0.325, -0.192 -0.208 < 0.001 -0.249 -0.316, -0.182 -0.200 < 0.001 -0.250 -0.317, -0.182 -0.201 < 0.001
BMI -0.121 -0.237, -0.005 -0.056 0.040 -0.114 -0.230, 0.001 -0.053 0.053 -0.114 -0.230, 0.002 -0.052 0.055
Over-evaluation 1.823 1.404, 2.243 0.240 < 0.001 1.703 1.263, 2.142 0.224 < 0.001 1.720 1.276, 2.163 0.227 < 0.001
Anxiety 0.187 -0.015, 0.389 0.055 0.070 0.213 -0.017, 0.443 0.063 0.069
AQ*anxiety -0.005 -0.026, 0.016 -0.012 0.654 -0.008 -0.035, 0.018 -0.021 0.527
Depression -0.069 -0.340, 0.202 -0.017 0.615
AQ*Depression 0.007 -0.024, 0.038 0.015 0.645
Model fit F (1, 1043) = 11.899, p = 0.001 F (1, 1038) = 81.120, p < 0.001 F (1, 1036) = 61.368, p < 0.001 F (1, 1034) = 49.058, p < 0.001
R 2 0.011 0.319 0.322 0.322
Δ R2 0.308 0.003 0.000
Adjusted R2 0.10 0.315 0.316 0.316
Δ Adjusted R2 0.305 0.001 0.000
F change F (5, 1038) = 93.904, p < 0.001 F (2, 1036) = 1.757, p = 0.173 F (2, 1034) = 0.199, p = 0.820

Note. AQ Autism Spectrum Quotient, BMI Body Mass Index, Over-evaluation, over-evaluation of weight and shape.