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

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Predictors of FID (Feel minus Ideal Discrepancy) and FAI (Feel weight status minus Actual weight status Inconsistency): results of multiple regression analysis

Variables	I measurement			II measurement			III measurement
FID	β	t	p	β	t	p	β	t	p
Age	−0.118	−1.488	0.139	−0.124	−1.827	0.070	−0.022	−0.373	0.710
BMI	0.402	5.056	0.000	0.596	8.821	0.000	0.675	11.176	0.000
Sex (female)	0.164	2.057	0.042	0.203	3.001	0.003	0.226	3.735	0.000
R²	0.183			0.407			0.533
Adjusted R²	0.164			0.393			0.523
p	0.000			0.000			0.000
FAI	β	t	p	β	t	p	β	t	p
Age	0.024	0.285	0.776	−0.027	−0.343	0.732	0.109	1.403	0.163
BMI	0.054	0.642	0.522	0.307	3.885	0.000	0.289	3.711	0.000
Sex (female)	0.269	3.164	0.002	0.316	3.982	0.000	0.322	4.111	0.000
R²	0.074			0.189				0.222
Adjusted R²	0.053			0.170				0.203
p	0.018			0.000				0.000

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