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

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Table 2 Association of misperception with independent variables

Independent variables		Yes		No		p-value (chi-square)
Independent variables		N = 856		N = 544
		N	%	N	%
1. Gender	Male	371	43.3	485	56.7	0.406
1. Gender	Female	223	41	321	59	0.406
2. BMI	Underweight	214	54.9	176	45.1	<0.001
	Normal	173	24.2	542	75.8
	Overweight	140	90.9	14	9.1
	Obese	67	47.5	74	52.5
3. University type	Public Sector	298	38.5	477	61.5	0.001
3. University type	Private	296	47.4	329	52.6	0.001
4. Faculty	General (Art+ Science)	200	41.8	278	58.2	0.001
	Engineering	192	48	208	52
	Medical sciences	149	42.9	198	57.1
	Business Administration	53	30.3	122	69.7

Table shows distribution of the independent variables with weight misperception (yes or no). P-values of chi square tests of misperception with the independent variables have been quoted as well.

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