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Table 1 Percentage of overweight or obese individuals who perceived their weight as too high according to sex, actual weight status, and socioeconomic status (SES).

From: Association between weight perception and socioeconomic status among adults in the Seychelles

		Education			Occupation			Income
Sex	SES	N	%	p	N	%	p	N	%	p
Overweight
M	Low	60	28.3	0.062	44	29.5	0.016	31	22.6	0.038
	Intermediate	98	36.7		125	32.8		144	36.8
	High	53	45.3		42	54.8		36	47.2
F	Low	68	35.3	0.000	110	40.9	0.000	93	48.4	0.087
	Intermediate	107	54.2		80	63.8		121	58.7
	High	51	82.4		36	77.8		12	66.7
Obese
M	Low	22	59.1	0.001	14	71.4	0.105	15	66.7	0.055
	Intermediate	43	72.1		63	73.0		56	73.2
	High	24	100.0		12	100.0		18	94.4
F	Low	98	73.5	0.003	152	79.0	0.039	119	82.4	0.433
	Intermediate	112	87.5		68	86.8		124	81.5
	High	46	91.3		36	91.7		13	100.0
Overweight or obese
M	Low	82	36.6	0.001	58	39.7	0.009	46	37.0	0.009
	Intermediate	141	47.5		188	46.3		200	47.0
	High	77	62.3		54	64.8		54	63.0
F	Low	166	57.8	0.000	262	63.0	0.000	212	67.5	0.157
	Intermediate	219	71.2		148	74.3		245	70.2
	High	97	86.6		72	84.7		25	84.0

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