Black/White Differences in Perceived Weight and Attractiveness among Overweight Women

Table 1

𝑡-test results for ethnic differences in BMI, perceived weight, and attractiveness.

	Ethnicity		𝑡	𝑑𝑓
	Black (𝑛=531)	White (𝑛=1163)
BMI	35.04 (8.05)	32.92 (6.59)	−5.72**	1692
Perceived weight	4.06 (.71)	4.19 (.69)	3.46**	1691
Attractiveness	3.33 (.72)	2.57 (.68)	−21.16**	1688

^∗∗𝑝<.01. Standard deviations are in parentheses.