Weight Misperceptions and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Female Body Mass Index

Table 4

Regressions estimates of adolescents body mass index, regression coefficients (SE).

Variables	White	Black	Hispanic
Overperceived weight status	0.22	−0.57^b	0.44
	(0.16)	(0.42)	(0.29)
Underperceived weight status	0.96***	3.75^***a	2.21^***b
	(0.34)	(0.52)	(0.70)
N	2,697	1,316	1,022

*Significant at P ≤ 0.10; **Significant at P ≤ 0.05; ***Significant at P ≤ 0.01.
SE is standard error.
All regressions control for individual and household characteristics, parental socioeconomic status, and neighborhood food, physical activity, and socioeconomic contextual factors.
^aEstimate is statistically significantly different to the estimate for whites at P ≤ 0.05.
^bEstimate is statistically significantly different to the estimate for whites at P≤ 0.10.