Perceived Body Image, Eating Behavior, and Sedentary Activities and Body Mass Index Categories in Kuwaiti Female Adolescents

Table 3

Ordinal regression model for body dissatisfaction.

Factors	Ordered log-odds: B (95% CI)	SE	value
<85th % underweight/normal	−3.25 (−4.11, −2.38)	0.44	<.001
85th−94th overweight	−1.59 (−2.48, −0.70)	0.46	<.001
≥95th obese (reference)	0	—	—
Perceived fair to poor diet	0.65 (−.002, 1.30)	0.33	.051
Perceived good to excellent diet (reference)	0	—	—
Perceived engagement in physical activity (yes)	−0.02 (−0.73, 0.69)	0.36	.953
Perceived engagement in physical activity; (no, reference)	0	—	—
Public school	0.46 (−0.27, 1.20)	0.38	.218
Private school (reference)	0	—	—
Hours/wk viewing television
0–2.5	0.52 (−0.31, 1.74)	0.52	.170
3-4	0.55 (−0.44, 1.54)	0.41	.278
4.5–8.5	0.74 (−0.21, 1.69)	0.48	.128
>8.5 (reference)	0	—	—
Hours/wk using computer/video
0–2.5	−0.04 (−1.04, 0.95)	0.51	.929
3–5	−0.39 (−1.35, 0.58)	0.49	.435
5.5–17.5	0.49 (−0.47, 1.46)	0.49	.316
>17.5 (reference)	0	—	—

Model fit: (11), ; Nagelkerke .