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Table 5 Body image assessment by sex and amount of physical activity

From: Body image and weight perceptions in relation to actual measurements by means of a new index and level of physical activity in Italian university students

 

Females

Males

Trait

IstTertile

IIIrdTertile

P value

IstTertile

IIIrdTertile

P value

Height (cm)

163.5 ± 5.9

164.4 ± 6.6

0.2835

177.2 ± 6.2

178.1 ± 6.3

0.2731

Weight (kg)

57.9 ± 8.8

60.3 ± 8.0

0.0198

76.3 ± 11.3

74.9 ± 8.8

0.4221

BMI (kg/m2)

21.6 ± 2.9

22.3 ± 2.4

0.0169

24.3 ± 3.3

23.6 ± 2.2

0.1557

Feel figure

4.7 ± 1.6

5.0 ± 1.6

0.2546

3.8 ± 1.6

3.8 ± 1.6

0.9962

Ideal figure

3.5 ± 1.2

3.4 ± 1.3

0.7357

3.5 ± 1.3

3.8 ± 1.2

0.0916

FID

1.26 ± 1.32

1.55 ± 1.21

0.1214

0.33 ± 1.28

0.03 ± 1.27

0.0493

FAI

0.23 ± 0.53

0.25 ± 0.55

0.8892

-0.41 ± 0.58

-0.33 ± 0.53

0.3788

Opposite sex ideal

3.7 ± 1.1

3.7 ± 1.1

0.9794

3.7 ± 1.3

3.8 ± 1.0

0.5082

Same sex ideal for the opposite sex

3.3 ± 1.2

3.2 ± 1.0

0.6965

3.3 ± 1.1

3.7 ± 1.1

0.0245