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Table 2 Body perception according to changes in body weight between 4 and 23 years of age in the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort

From: Change in body weight and body image in young adults: a longitudinal study

Variables

n

Body perception

  

Thinner (%)

Satisfied (%)

Fatter (%)

MEN

    

Body mass index z-score change

   

<0.001 a

≥ +0.5

676

17.2

35.2

47.6

−0.49 to +0.49

755

29.8

51.1

19.1

≤ −0.5

532

40.8

42.5

16.7

WOMEN

    

Body mass index z-score change

   

<0.001 a

≥ +0.5

541

4.8

13.9

81.3

−0.49 to +0.49

712

18.1

32.4

49.4

≤ −0.5

486

21.0

31.9

47.1

  1. aChi-squared test.
  2. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, 1982 to 2004–5.