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Table 3 Body image perception by sex and repeated measures according to non-parametric ANOVA

From: Body image perception and body composition in early adolescents: a longitudinal study of an Italian cohort

 

Males

Females

ANOVA

I measurement

II measurement

III measurement

I measurement

II measurement

III measurement

Sex difference

Meas. differences

Sex*Meas.

Variables

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F

p

F

p

F

p

perceived current figure

4.19

1.58

4.08

1.41

3.81

1.37

4.59

1.49

4.56

1.39

4.79

1.43

7.82

0.005

0.68

0.500

2.69

0.069

ideal figure

3.98

1.34

3.86

1.12

3.76

1.09

4.12

1.18

4.01

1.04

4.24

1.10

2.42

0.152

0.65

0.519

1.26

0.284

FID (score)

0.27

1.45

0.22

0.96

0.05

0.79

0.54

1.26

0.54

0.79

0.54

0.88

7.69

0.006

1.26

0.281

0.81

0.432

FAI (score)

−0.49

0.71

−0.44

0.64

−0.54

0.64

−0.09

0.78

−0.04

0.62

−0.04

0.67

25.13

0.000

0.29

0.731

0.38

0.667

  1. FID Feel minus Ideal Discrepancy, FAI Feel weight status minus Actual weight status Inconsistency, Meas measurement
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