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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects by age group

From: Age and gender differences in misperceptions of body shape in a Taiwanese population

Variable

Age groups

p

All

18–35

36–64

 ≥ 65

(n = 2199)

(n = 838)

(n = 977)

(n = 384)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

BMI (n = 2095)

23.65

3.77

22.83

4.21

24.26

3.38

23.94

3.26

 < 0.001

Perceived household income (1–5)

2.74

0.70

2.84

0.63

2.73

0.72

2.55

0.76

 < 0.001

Perceived social status (1–10)

4.95

1.57

5.02

1.46

4.91

1.61

4.88

1.69

0.225

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

p

Gender (female)

1113

50.61

402

47.97

513

52.5

198

51.6

0.144

Marital status (married)

1299

59.1

256

30.5

790

80.9

253

65.9

 < 0.001

Job (with job)

1370

62.3

642

76.6

667

68.3

61

15.9

 < 0.001

Educational level

 

 Primary school and below

475

21.6

2

0.2

222

22.7

251

65.4

 < 0.001

 High school

816

37.1

247

29.5

482

49.3

87

22.7

 < 0.001

 College and above

908

41.3

589

70.3

273

27.9

46

12.0

 < 0.001

BMI group

 BMI ≤ 18.49 (underweight)

119

5.7

87

10.6

21

2.2

11

3.4

 < 0.001

 BMI 18.5–24.99 (normal weight)

1281

61.1

533

64.8

550

58.0

198

60.9

 BMI ≥ 25 (overweight)

695

33.2

202

24.6

377

39.8

116

35.7

Weight perception

 Underweight

299

13.6

136

16.2

106

10.8

57

14.8

 < 0.001

 Normal

822

37.4

263

31.4

351

35.9

208

54.2

 Overweight

1078

49.0

439

52.4

520

53.2

119

31.0

Concordance between measured weight and self-weight perception

 Misperceived underweight

320

15.3

86

10.5

152

16.0

82

25.2

 < 0.001

 Rightly perceived weight

1284

61.3

477

58.0

600

63.3

207

63.7

 Misperceived overweight

491

23.4

259

31.5

196

20.7

36

11.1

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