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Table 3 Frequencies of participants’ reports of body size; aggregated over years and showing odds ratios (OR) for grade levels within regions

From: Trends in body image of adolescent females in metropolitan and non-metropolitan regions: a longitudinal study

Region

Grade level at recruitment

‘Too fat’

‘About right’

Odds

OR

95 % CIs

n

%

n

%

Metropolitan

7

284

36.3

498

63.7

0.57

0.73

0.555–0.956

11

130

43.9

166

56.1

0.78

  

Non-metropolitan

7

126

47.4

140

52.6

0.90

1.61

1.098–2.366

11

67

35.8

120

64.2

0.56

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