Weight misperception amongst youth of a developing country: Pakistan -a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Gender based distribution of independent variables

Independent variables		Male		Female		p-value (chi-square)
Independent variables		N = 856		N = 544
		N	%	N	%
1. University type	Public sector	486	56.8	289	53.1	0.186
1. University type	Private	370	43.2	255	46.9	0.186
2. Faculties	General (Art+ Science)	304	35.5	174	32	<0.001
	Engineering	227	32.4	123	22.6
	Medical sciences	148	17.3	199	36.6
	Business and Administration	127	14.8	48	8.8
3. BMI	Underweight	159	18.6	231	42.5	<0.001
	Normal	478	55.8	237	43.6
	Overweight	109	12.7	45	8.3
	Obese	110	12.9	31	5.7
4. Self-perception	Thin	245	28.6	113	20.8	0.001
4. Self-perception	Average	537	62.7	396	72.8	0.001
	Fat	74	8.6	35	6.4

Table shows percentage and frequency distribution of different independent variables as observed in the two genders and the respective p-values of their chi square tests with gender.

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