Research Article

How Adolescent Subjective Health and Satisfaction with Weight and Body Shape Are Related to Participation in Sports

Table 3

Dieting or desire to lose weight according to amount and type of sports.

Predictor variableUnivariate, unadjusted analysis OR (95% CI)Adjusted, full model analysis OR (95% CI)

Reference category: gender boys
 Girls3.59 (3.00–4.28)6.58 (5.17–8.38)
Reference category: age group <18 years
 18–20 years1.24 (1.03–1.50)1.02 (0.81–1.29)
20 years1.05 (0.71–1.57)0.70 (0.42–1.17)
Reference category: BMI category 10th percentile-median
10th percentile (<18.74)0.80 (0.55–1.16)0.66 (0.44–0.99)
 Median-90th percentile (21.79–26.35)2.64 (2.16–3.24)4.30 (3.37–5.47)
90th percentile (>26.46)16.03 (11.24–22.86)39.3 (25.3–61.0)
Reference category: no physical activity during a week
 Small amount 1.20 (0.90–1.60)0.77 (0.50–1.19)
 Moderate amount1.11 (0.85–1.44)0.83 (0.55–1.27)
 Great amount0.70 (0.53–0.92) 0.67 (0.43–1.04)
Reference category: no sports
 Team sports0.58 (0.45–0.74)0.84 (0.59–1.21)
 Individual sports without advantage of leanness0.91 (0.62–1.36)0.87 (0.52–1.46)
 Individual sports with advantage of leanness1.09 (0.89–1.35)1.22 (0.89–1.67)