Body image and behavioural and emotional difficulties in German children and adolescents

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Association between behavioural and emotional difficulties and body image disturbances with sociodemographic factors

	Age		Gender^b		BMI-SDS
	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Prosocial behaviour^a	0.94 (0.87–1.01)	0.08	2.94 (1.72–5.05)***	< 0.001	1.16(0.95–1.40)	0.14
Hyperactivity^a	0.86 (0.82–0.90)***	< 0.001	1.56 (1.16–2.10)**	0.003	1.04 (0.93–1.17)	0.45
Emotional problems^a	1.09 (0.99–1.19)	0.58	0.36 (0.18–0.71)**	0.003	1.16 (0.91–1.48)	0.22
Conduct problems^a	0.71 (0.66–0.77)***	< 0.001	1.68 (0.96–2.93)	0.07	1.5 (1.22–1.85)***	< 0.001
Peer relationship problems^a	1.04 (0.99–1.09)	0.06	1.18 (0.88–1.57)	0.27	1.69 (1.51–1.90)***	< 0.001
Body satisfaction	0.90 (0.87–0.93)***	< 0.001	2.11 (1.70–2.61)***	< 0.001	0.40 (0.36–0.44)***	< 0.001
desire to be thinner	1.12 (1.07–1.16)***	< 0.001	0.22 (0.17–0.29)***	< 0.001	8.14 (6.87–9.64)***	< 0.001
desire to be larger	1.04 (0.99–1.10)	0.15	2.88 (2.00-4.15)***	< 0.001	0.12 (0.09–1.55)***	< 0.001
Accurate body size perception	1.09 (1.05–1.13)***	< 0.001	1.06 (0.85–1.33)	0.58	0.86 (0.80–0.95)**	0.002
overestimation	1.10 (1.01–1.19)*	0.02	1.60 (0.84–3.04)	0.15	0.18 (0.13–0.26)***	< 0.001
underestimation	0.81 (0.77–0.85)***	< 0.001	0.67 (0.5–0.89)**	0.007	2.60 (2.27–2.97)***	< 0.001

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