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Table 2 Silhouettes chosen by mothers and their daughters to represent different dimensions of body image (intra-familial effect is present for constructs in which P values are > 0.05)

From: Intra-familial and ethnic effects on attitudinal and perceptual body image: a cohort of South African mother-daughter dyads

Silhouettes

Overall Mother-Daughter relationship (n = 166)

p value

p value after adjusting for maternal BMI

Perceptual body size

5.0 ± 1.5 vs. 4.2 ± 1.2

<0.0011

<0. 0011

Ideal body size

3.9 ± 1.0 vs. 3.7 ± 1.4

= 0.3082

= 0.3082

Personal FID index score

1.2 ± 1.4 vs. 0.5 ± 1.4

<0.0011

= 0.6852

Friend FID index score

1.2 ± 1.6 vs. 0.5 ± 1.6

<0.0011

<0.05 1

Thin figure

1.3 ± 0.7 vs. 1.3 ± 0.9

= 0.962

= 0.96 2

Normal figure

3.9 ± 0.7 vs. 4.5 ± 1.2

<0.0011

<0.001 1

Fat figure

8.1 ± 1.4 vs. 7.8 ± 0.8

<0.051

= 0.342 2

Beautiful figure

3.7 ± 0.9 vs. 3.7 ± 1.4

= 0.8132

<0.001 1

Respected figure

4.4 ± 1.8 vs. 4.5 ± 2.0

= 0.6152

= 0.606 2

Figure showing happiness

4.1 ± 1.9 vs. 4.1 ± 1.6

= 0.6932

<0.001 1

  1. Values are presented as Means ± Standard Deviations. 1p < 0.05 - no mother-daughter (family) resemblance; 2p > 0.05 - family resemblance present