Table 3 Crude and adjusted analysis of body perception according to changes in body weight between 4 and 23 years of age in the 1982 Pelotas birth cohort

MEN

Body mass index z-score change

<0.001 ^a

<0.001 ^a

<0.001 ^a

≥ +0.5

0.84 (0.63;1.10)

3.63 (2.81;4.68)

0.85 (0.64;1.13)

3.52 (2.71;4.56)

0.86 (0.65;1.14)

3.56 (2.75;4.60)

−0.49 to +0.49

--

--

--

--

--

--

≤ −0.5

1.65 (1.28;2.11)

1.06 (0.77;1.44)

1.65 (1.28;2.13)

1.05 (0.77;1.45)

1.60 (1.24;2.06)

1.05 (0.77;1.44)

WOMEN

Body mass index z-score change

<0.001 ^a

<0.001 ^a

<0.001 ^a

≥ +0.5

0.62 (0.38;1.02)

3.85 (2.86;5.18)

0.51 (0.32;0.91)

4.08 (3.00;5.56)

0.57 (0.35;0.95)

3.71 (2.75;5.01)

−0.49 to +0.49

--

--

--

--

--

--

≤ −0.5

1.18 (0.85;1.64)

0.97 (0.75;1.26)

1.26 (0.89;1.78)

0.96 (0.73;1.26)

1.20 (0.85;1.68)

0.98 (0.75;1.28)