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Table 3 Weight dissatisfaction percentages, odds ratios and confidence intervals by gender and parents' communication

From: Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: international cross-sectional survey

Country

Boys

Girls

 

Communication with father

Communication with mother

Communication with father

Communication with mother

 

Easy

%

Difficult

%

OR

95%CI

Easy

%

Difficult

%

OR

95%CI

Easy

%

Difficult

%

OR

95%CI

Easy

%

Difficult

%

OR

95%CI

Belgium-Flanders

21.5

27.1

1.26

(1.00–1.59)

23.1

26.0

1.07

(0.82–1.41)

33.4

46.3

1.52***

(1.26–1.83)

36.9

50.1

1.51***

(1.22–1.87)

Canada

25.0

32.1

1.25

(0.92–1.68)

25.6

34.4

1.35

(0.96–1.91)

33.5

50.9

1.76***

(1.39–2.23)

39.6

53.5

1.29*

(1.00–1.67)

Switzerland

20.5

29.2

1.47*

(1.09–1.97)

22.3

27.1

0.92

(0.65–1.31)

36.1

50.0

1.31*

(1.04–1.65)

39.2

57.3

1.89***

(1.43–2.49)

Croatia

32.9

37.4

1.29

(0.98–1.70)

33.5

36.5

1.15

(0.81–1.63)

44.9

59.7

1.57***

(1.24–1.97)

49.2

63.5

1.41*

(1.02–1.95)

Czech Republic

31.5

38.4

1.46**

(1.16–1.84)

33.4

37.7

1.05

(0.81–1.35)

57.5

65.8

1.29*

(1.05–1.58)

60.0

68.2

1.32*

(1.03–1.68)

Germany

28.4

34.6

1.28*

(1.02–1.61)

29.9

34.9

1.24

(0.94–1.63)

36.9

53.2

1.67***

(1.36–2.05)

43.7

56.3

1.44**

(1.13–1.84)

Denmark

26.4

32.0

1.42*

(1.06–1.90)

27.1

33.6

1.34

(0.96–1.85)

38.6

51.9

1.31*

(1.03–1.68)

41.4

58.8

2.12***

(1.59–2.81)

Estonia

16.7

22.0

1.31

(0.99–1.74)

17.7

23.7

1.41*

(1.02–1.94)

32.6

48.2

1.53***

(1.22–1.93)

37.6

55.2

1.68***

(1.31–2.16)

Finland

22.0

24.8

1.11

(0.83–1.49)

22.0

26.4

1.22

(0.86–1.73)

33.0

48.4

1.66***

(1.35–2.04)

37.2

54.4

1.70***

(1.33–2.19)

France

27.3

32.0

1.27*

(1.02–1.58)

28.7

29.1

0.89

(0.67–1.17)

44.7

58.5

1.51***

(1.27–1.79)

47.8

62.3

1.51***

(1.21–1.87)

Greece

33.1

38.3

1.34*

(1.00–1.79)

34.9

35.3

0.99

(0.72–1.37)

46.1

55.7

1.42**

(1.11–1.82)

51.2

54.7

0.85

(0.62–1.15)

Italy

37.1

45.8

1.53**

(1.15–2.03)

39.5

41.9

0.87

(0.62–1.22)

49.3

60.8

1.21

(0.96–1.53)

52.8

64.9

1.53**

(1.16–2.04)

Latvia

12.7

20.0

1.69**

(1.13–2.53)

14.5

18.9

1.29

(0.82–2.01)

32.4

46.8

1.56***

(1.20–2.02)

37.4

49.1

1.41*

(1.05–1.91)

Macedonia

28.6

28.4

1.17

(0.79–1.74)

28.2

30.4

1.36

(0.89–2.07)

46.9

50.8

1.06

(0.81–1.38)

48.3

46.4

0.85

(0.58–1.25)

Netherlands

19.3

26.2

1.59**

(1.12–2.25)

19.8

28.9

1.82*

(1.14–2.91)

29.2

44.1

1.34*

(1.03–1.73)

32.0

50.9

1.56*

(1.09–2.24)

Norway

20.1

29.9

1.59***

(1.23–2.06)

21.9

28.5

1.16

(0.85–1.57)

37.0

56.7

1.77***

(1.44–2.18)

42.9

63.4

1.68***

(1.26–2.24)

Poland

26.9

31.8

1.46**

(1.14–1.87)

27.3

30.8

1.00

(0.71–1.42)

47.2

62.0

1.56***

(1.29–1.90)

50.5

68.1

1.63**

(1.18–2.25)

Portugal

22.1

27.6

1.4

(0.96–2.05)

23.3

27.0

1.06

(0.68–1.65)

39.1

48.3

1.13

(0.85–1.49)

42.1

52.0

1.20

(0.84–1.71)

Russia

13.9

18.7

1.43**

(1.14–1.79)

15.0

17.7

1.11

(0.84–1.47)

31.6

41.1

1.36***

(1.17–1.58)

34.4

43.3

1.24*

(1.03–1.50)

Sweden

18.6

29.0

1.83**

(1.27–2.62)

19.5

28.9

1.25

(0.80–1.94)

30.2

50.8

1.96***

(1.52–2.51)

35.5

55.8

1.59**

(1.13–2.25)

Slovenia

29.6

33.6

1.38

(0.93–2.03)

30.1

31.3

0.71

(0.42–1.20)

52.1

70.7

1.81***

(1.37–2.39)

55.2

71.9

1.44

(0.92–2.25)

Ukraine

14.4

14.2

0.89

(0.63–1.25)

14.1

16.3

1.18

(0.74–1.89)

40.1

48.1

1.08

(0.87–1.35)

42.4

54.4

1.35

(0.97–1.88)

USA

33.6

43.9

1.54***

(1.21–1.96)

35.2

43.3

1.22

(0.94–1.58)

46.2

54.2

1.08

(0.88–1.32)

47.9

60.0

1.59***

(1.28–1.99)

Wales

30.4

38.0

1.19

(0.89–1.57)

31.5

38.7

1.22

(0.89–1.68)

48.3

58.2

1.33*

(1.03–1.71)

50.4

64.8

1.64**

(1.21–2.21)

  1. Binary logistic regression analysis controlling for communication with other parent, age and BMI. Communication with mother reference: easy, Communication with father reference: easy
  2. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
  3. OR: Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval
  4. Weight dissatisfaction: either dieting or perceiving a need to diet