Assessing weight perception accuracy to promote weight loss among U.S. female adolescents: A secondary analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Results of Survey-Weighted Logistic Regression for Engaging in Exercise as a Weight-Loss Methods

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Variable	OR^a	CI (95%)^b	OR^a	CI (95%)^b	OR^a	CI (95%)^b
Age	0.90	0.79-1.01	0.96	0.84-1.09	0.95	0.83-1.08
Hispanic origin	0.84	0.36-1.95	0.77	0.33-1.82	0.80	0.35-1.85
Race
Black/African American	0.75	0.37-1.54	0.73	0.36-1.47	0.76	0.36-1.58
Native American	1.53	0.47-4.99	1.50	0.45-5.00	1.49	0.41-5.37
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.45	0.14-1.46	0.41	0.12-1.37	0.43	0.13-1.45
Other	1.71	0.76-3.85	2.22 ^c	1.03-4.79	2.26 ^c	1.05-4.88
Mother's Education
> 8^th grade, not HS grad	0.58	0.25-1.32	0.53	0.22-1.28	0.52	0.21-1.32
Business/trade, not HS	0.52	0.05-5.28	0.39	0.04-4.07	0.39	0.04-4.03
HS graduate	0.87	0.36-2.14	0.81	0.30-2.17	0.81	0.29-2.25
Completed a GED	0.34^c	0.11-0.99	0.28^c	0.08-0.93	0.30	0.09-1.02
Business/trade after HS	1.27	0.46-3.48	1.00	0.34-2.96	1.01	0.33-3.10
Non-college graduate	0.98	0.39-2.45	0.88	0.32-2.40	0.93	0.32-2.64
College graduate	1.13	0.43-3.00	0.92	0.32-2.63	0.92	0.31-2.73
Post-graduate	0.90	0.28-2.88	0.70	0.21-2.30	0.66	0.19-2.32
Total Household Income	1.01	0.99-1.01	1.01	0.99-1.01	1.01	0.99-1.01
Actual Weight/BMI
Overweight			1.15	0.68-1.93
Obese			0.75	0.44-1.28
Weight Perception (WP)
Slightly Overweight			1.01	0.63-1.61
Very Overweight			0.96	0.43-2.14
WP Accuracy
Overweight or Obese, Not Overweight WP					0.58	0.25-1.35
Overweight or Obese, Slightly Overweight WP					0.93	0.59-1.45
Overweight or Obese, Very Overweight Weight WP					1.23	0.52-2.93

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