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Table 3 Females and Males: The association between weight misperception and mean SDQ total, externalising and internalising scores from 11 to 13 years to 14–16 years

From: Weight misperception and psychological symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood: longitudinal study of an ethnically diverse UK cohort

 

SDQ total difficulties score

SDQ externalising difficulties score

SDQ internalising difficulties score

 

B (95% CI)

P > |z|

B (95% CI)

P > |z|

B (95% CI)

P > |z|

B (95% CI)

P > |z|

B (95% CI)

P > |z|

B (95% CI)

P > |z|

 

Model 1

Model 4

Model 1

Model 4

Model 1

Model 4

Females

Fixed Effects

Weight perception (vs. P. normal weight - M. normal weight)

 P. overweight- M. overweight

1.98 (1.32, 2.66)

< 0.001

1.03 (0.42,1.64)

< 0.001

0.8 (0.38, 1.21)

< 0.001

0.17 (−0.24, 0.59)

0.42

1.10 (0.70, 1.50)

< 0.001

0.58 (0.18, 0.99)

0.005

 P. normal - M. overweight

− 0.11 (− 0.86, 0.64)

0.777

− 0.31(− 0.99,0.37)

0.369

− 0.05 (− 0.52, 0.41)

0.819

− 0.35 (− 0.84, 0.14)

0.17

0.05 (− 0.40, 0.50)

0.818

− 0.19 (− 0.68, 0.28)

0.428

 P. overweight- M. normal weight

1.93 (1.14, 2.71)

< 0.001

1.08 (0.35,1.81)

0.004

0.59 (0.11, 1.08)

0.017

0.08 (− 0.44, 0.60)

0.77

1.37 (0.89, 1.84)

< 0.001

1.18 (0.66, 1.70)

< 0.001

 P. underweight- M. normal weight

1.40 (1.32, 1.65)

< 0.001

1.24 (0.60,1.88)

< 0.001

0.33 (− 0.10, 0.77)

0.138

0.50 (0.05, 0.95)

0.03

1.06 (0.63, 1.49)

< 0.001

1.31 (0.87, 1.75)

< 0.001

 P. unsure- M. normal weight

0.81 (0.31, 1.30)

0.001

0.44(−0.01,0.90)

0.055

0.39 (0.08, 0.70)

0.013

0.01 (−0.31, 0.34)

0.94

0.51 (0.21, 0.81)

0.001

0.40 (0.09, 0.72)

0.013

 P. unsure- M. overweight

−0.11 (− 0.83, 0.62)

0.771

− 0.27(− 0.93,0.40)

0.431

− 0.22 (− 0.68, 0.23)

0.334

− 0.25 (− 0.73, 0.24)

0.32

0.29 (−0.15, 0.72)

0.202

0.19 (−0.28, 0.66)

0.424

Random effects

 Level 3 (School) intercept variance

0.38 (0.13, 1.09)

 

0.09 (0.00, 1.05)

 

0.17 (0.06, 0.44)

 

0.05 (0.00, 0.33)

 

0.09 (0.02, 0.34)

 

0.05 (0.00, 0.32)

 

 Level 2 (Child) intercept variance

11.24 (9.89, 12.78)

 

9.10 (7.98, 10.37)

 

4.37 (3.86, 4.97)

 

3.25 (2.81, 3.75)

 

3.73 (3.26, 4.28)

 

3.14 (2.72, 2.63)

 

 Leve l1 (Occasion) intercept variance

12.72 (11.79, 13.72)

 

11.78 (10.96, 12.67)

 

4.89 (4.53, 5.28)

 

4.464 (4.30, 5.01)

 

4.84 (4.49, 5.22)

 

4.75 (4.41, 5.12)

 

Males

Fixed Effects

Weight perception (vs. P. normal weight - M. normal weight)

 P. overweight- M. overweight

2.18 (1.50, 2.87)

< 0.001

1.56 (0.88, 2.24)

< 0.001

0.56 (0.12, 1.00)

0.013

0.44 (0.00, 0.88)

0.05

1.61 (1.21, 2.01)

< 0.001

1.12 (0.72, 1.52)

< 0.001

 P. normal - M. overweight

−0.45 (−1.09, 0.18)

0.162

−0.43 (−1.05, 0.18)

0.164

−0.37 (−0.77, 0.04)

0.076

−0.28 (− 0.68, 0.12)

0.16

0.01 (− 0.35, 0.38)

0.948

− 0.06 (0.43, 0.30)

0.733

 P. overweight- M. normal weight

1.60 (0.41, 2.78)

0.008

0.73 (−0.41, 1.88)

0.208

0.78 (0.02, 1.53)

0.045

0.44 (−0.30, 1.18)

0.24

0.72 (0.02, 1.42)

0.043

0.22 (−0.47, 0.90)

0.534

 P. underweight- M. normal weight

1.05 (0.51, 1.60)

< 0.001

0.99 (0.47, 1.52)

< 0.001

0.41 (0.06, 0.76)

0.021

0.44 (0.07, 0.75)

0.02

0.63 (0.32, 0.96)

< 0.001

0.55 (0.24, 0.87)

0.001

 P. unsure- M. normal weight

0.79 (0.31, 1.28)

0.001

0.75 (0.29, 1.21)

0.002

0.39 (0.08, 0.70)

0.013

0.44 (0.09, 0.69)

0.01

0.43 (0.15, 0.72)

0.003

0.38 (0.11, 0.66)

0.007

 P. unsure- M. overweight

0.58 (−0.14, 1.31)

0.115

0.32 (−0.39, 1.02)

0.38

0.31 (−0.16, 0.77)

0.199

0.44 (−0.17, 0.74)

0.23

0.34 (−0.09, 0.76)1

0.123

0.09 (−0.33, 0.51)

0.673

Random effects

 Level 3 (School) intercept variance

0.36 (0.11, 1.10)

 

0.18 (0.04, 0.87)

 

0.25 (0.11, 0.56)

 

0.11 (0.03, 0.38)

 

0.11 (0.03,0.34)

 

0.04 (0.00, 0.35)

 

 Level 2 (Child) intercept variance

10.52 (9.30, 11.90)

 

8.18 (7.12, 9.41)

 

4.57 (4.05, 5.14)

 

3.72 (3.27, 4.24)

 

3.05 (2.66, 3.50)

 

2.47 (2.11, 2.89)

 

 Leve l1 (Occasion) intercept variance

12.75 (11.88, 13.69)

 

12.24 (11.39, 13.15)

 

5.19 (4.83, 5.57)

 

5.00 (4.65, 5.36)

 

4.65 (4.33, 4.90)

 

4.58 (4.26, 4.92)

 
  1. Model 1: coefficients were estimated with linear-mixed models with random intercept, with adjustment for age
  2. Model 4: adjusted for age, ethnicity, current smoking, current alcohol consumption, special diets, weight gain anxiety, and physical activity, maternal overweight, paternal overweight, parental care, and parental control, family affluence and racism