Table 4 Predictors of size underestimation (feeling ‘about the right weight’ or ‘too light’) among overweight/obese adolescents (multivariate analysisc)
Whole sample (n =236) | Boys (n = 104) | Girls (n =132) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
%a (n) | OR [95% CI] | P | %a (n) | OR [95% CI] | P | %a (n) | OR [95% CI] | P | |
Age (years)b | - | 0.930 [0.760–1.137] | .480 | - | 1.096 [0.815–1.472] | .545 | - | 0.837 [0.625–1.120] | .232 |
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 47.7 (63) | 1.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Male | 52.9 (55) | 1.366 [0.790–2.362] | .265 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ethnicity | |||||||||
European | 47.2 (25) | 1.00 | 60.9 (14) | 1.00 | 36.7 (11) | 1.00 | |||
Melanesian | 52.8 (53) | 1.082 [0.555–2.107] | .817 | 50.7 (36) | 0.640 [0.228–1.791] | .395 | 54.4 (49) | 1.406 [0.540–3.659] | .485 |
Polynesian | 36.4 (8) | 0.844 [0.272–2.617] | .769 | 50.0 (5) | 0.847 [0.157–4.568] | .847 | 25.0 (3) | 0.748 [0.142–3.954] | .733 |
SES | |||||||||
Higher | 38.0 (19) | 1.00 | 35.0 (7) | 1.00 | 40.0 (12) | 1.00 | |||
Intermediate | 47.6 (30) | 1.562 [0.695–3.511] | .281 | 48.5 (16) | 2.144 [0.645–7.124] | .213 | 46.7 (14) | 1.296 [0.396–4.237] | .668 |
Lower | 56.1 (69) | 2.068 [1.005–4.254] | .048 | 62.7 (32) | 4.113 [1.276–13.255] | .018 | 51.4 (37) | 1.353 [0.517–3.543] | .538 |
Area of residence | |||||||||
Urban | 39.5 (15) | 1.00 | 52.4 (11) | 1.00 | 23.5 (4) | 1.00 | |||
Rural | 52.0 (103) | 1.491 [0.658–3.381] | .339 | 53.0 (44) | 0.826 [0.275–2.478] | .733 | 51.3 (59) | 2.773[0.711–10.812] | .142 |
Weight status | |||||||||
Obese | 34.9 (52) | 1.00 | 41.5 (26) | 1.00 | 28.9 (25) | 1.00 | |||
Overweight | 58.7 (50) | 2.975 [1.667–5.311] | <.001 | 60.3 (25) | 2.169 [0.926–5.082] | .075 | 57.5 (26) | 3.774 [1.649–8.636] | .002 |