Table 3 Comparison of depressive and anxiety symptoms among different categories of perceived weight in boys and girls adjusted for age and areas
| Â | Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Mean | SD | F | p | Mean | SD | F | p |
Depressive symptoms | ||||||||
Perceived underweight | 10.1 | 7.5 | Â | Â | 10.0 | 7.0 | Â | Â |
Perceived normal | 9.5 | 7.5 | 4.21 | 0.02 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 5.07 | 0.01 |
Perceived overweight | 11.9 | 8.0 | Â | Â | 12.0 | 7.3 | Â | Â |
Anxiety symptoms | ||||||||
Perceived underweight | 30.7 | 6.3 | Â | Â | 3.17 | 5.8 | Â | Â |
Perceived normal | 31.9 | 7.6 | 3.93 | 0.02 | 32.4 | 6.6 | 2.13 | 0.12 |
Perceived overweight | 32.6 | 6.0 | Â | Â | 33.7 | 6.6 | Â | Â |