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Table 3 The association of suicide attempt according to the combination of BMI and Subjective body weight perception

From: BMI and perceived weight on suicide attempts in Korean adolescents: findings from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS) 2020 to 2021

Variables

N(%)

Suicide attempt

Model 1

Model2

ORadj (95% CI)

p-value

ORadj (95% CI)

p-value

Underweight

 Underweight/Perceived Underweight

4,810 (89.8)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Underweight/Perceived Normalweight

469 (8.8)

1.17 (0.41–3.33)

0.770

1.55 (0.53–4.50)

0.423

 Underweight/Perceived Overweight

77 (1.4)

2.97 (0.69–12.86)

0.145

5.95 (1.12–31.75)

0.037

Normalweight

 Normalweight/Perceived Underweight

22,001 (25.7)

1.06 (0.87–1.29)

0.544

0.97 (0.79–1.18)

0.729

 Normalweight/Perceived Normalweight

27,944 (44.3)

1.00

-

1.00

-

 Normalweight/Perceived Overweight

25,630 (30.0)

1.33 (1.14–1.56)

< 0.001

1.14 (0.97–1.34)

0.121

Overweight

 Overweight/Perceived Underweight

57 (0.4)

0.51 (0.06–4.04)

0.521

0.53 (0.05–5.23)

0.582

 Overweight/Perceived Normalweight

647 (4.0)

0.67 (0.20–2.26)

0.521

0.61 (0.18–2.04)

0.420

 Overweight/Perceived Overweight

15,344 (95.6)

1.00

-

1.00

-

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. Model 1 is adjusted for sex, class
  3. Model 2 is adjusted for sex, class, alcohol consumption, smoking, drug use, self-perceived overweight, educational level(father, mother), depressive symptom