Table 3 Factors associated with weight status misperception from multinomial logistic regression^a,b

Gender

 Boys (ref)

 Girls

0.70 (0.49–0.98)*

1.47 (1.17–1.85)**

Age

0.93 (0.85–1.01)

1.02 (0.96–1.08)

0.98 (0.88–1.09)

0.91 (0.83–0.98)*

0.77 (0.65–0.90)**

1.14 (1.06–1.23)**

BMI

1.18 (1.12–1.24)***

1.05 (1.02–1.08)**

1.10 (1.03–1.17)**

1.07 (1.03–1.11)**

1.36 (1.23–1.50)***

1.02 (0.98–1.07)

Household income quartile

 Lowest (ref)

 Middle-low

1.04 (0.54–2.01)

0.82 (0.53–1.26)

1.06 (0.40–2.80)

0.61 (0.33–1.13)

0.89 (0.39–2.01)

1.06 (0.59–1.89)

 Middle-high

0.77 (0.40–1.48)

0.83 (0.55–1.27)

0.93 (0.36–2.38)

0.74 (0.40–1.37)

0.47 (0.19–1.12)

0.97 (0.55–1.70)

 Highest

0.85 (0.44–1.63)

0.83 (0.54–1.29)

0.94 (0.37–2.39)

0.79 (0.41–1.50)

0.59 (0.23–1.52)

0.95 (0.53–1.68)

Place of residence

 Urban area (ref)

 Rural area

1.25 (0.80–1.94)

0.76 (0.54–1.06)

1.02 (0.52–2.00)

1.08 (0.66–1.77)

1.48 (.78–2.81)

0.55 (0.35–0.86)**

Maternal obesity

 No (ref)

 Yes

1.16 (0.83–1.62)

1.09 (0.86–1.38)

1.16 (0.74–1.82)

1.22 (0.85–1.76)

1.05 (0.59–1.87)

1.03 (0.74–1.43)

Maternal educational level

 ≤ Middle school (ref)

 High school

1.68 (1.00–2.82)

1.15 (0.85–1.57)

1.52 (0.80–2.88)

1.17 (0.73–1.88)

2.29 (1.05–5.01)*

1.19 (0.77–1.83)

 ≥ College

1.55 (0.87–2.77)

1.03 (0.71–1.49)

1.72 (0.86–3.42)

1.01 (0.58–1.77)

1.43 (.55–3.73)

1.06 (0.66–1.71)