Table 4: Relationship between the variable of body size satisfaction and indicators of actual body size among school children.
‡p≤0.001, by Kruskal-Wallis test.
Body size satisfaction Weight‡ (mean rank) Waist‡ (mean rank) Hip‡ (mean rank) BMI Percentiles‡ (mean rank)
Underestimation 130.46 137.31 133.19 138.74
Same size 80.44 78.53 79.79 79.46
Overestimation 38.44 39.54 38.25 33.52