Table 4 Associations between actual weight, weight perception, weight teasing and adolescents' mental health by sex, OR (95% CI)

BMI

Normal

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Underweight

0.871 (0.656–1.156)

0.994 (0.715–1.381)

0.789^* (0.639–0.973)

1.025 (0.787–1.333)

1.007 (0.790–1.284)

0.758 (0.555–1.034)

0.729 (0.512–1.039)

1.215 (0.834–1.768)

Overweight/obese

0.957 (0.784–1.168)

0.841 (0.683–1.036)

0.760 ^*** (0.654–0.884)

0.856 (0.711–1.030)

0.760^** (0.637–0.906)

0.734^** (0.598–0.900)

0.776^* (0.608–0.990)

0.788 (0.613–1.014)

Weight perception

About the right weight

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Underweight

1.461^*** (1.172–1.821)

1.731 ^*** (1.323–2.265)

1.496 ^*** (1.274–1.756)

1.558 ^*** (1.255–1.935)

1.264 ^* (1.044–1.532)

1.573^*** (1.229–2.013)

1.698^*** (1.297–2.223)

1.898 ^*** (1.371–2.626)

Overweight

1.132 (0.905–1.416)

1.464 ^*** (1.202–1.784)

1.235 ^* (1.052–1.449)

1.313^** (1.124–1.533)

1.306^** (1.081–1.577)

1.263^** (1.061–1.504)

1.351^* (1.028–1.777)

1.381^** (1.087–1.755)

Weight teasing

Never

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Less than once a year

1.248 (0.980–1.590)

1.543 ^*** (1.229–1.937)

2.342 ^*** (1.955–2.807)

2.337^*** (1.907–2.864)

1.792^*** (1.469–2.185)

1.874^*** (1.522–2.309)

1.570 ^** (1.169–2.107)

2.047^*** (1.545–2.712)

More than once a year

2.801^*** (2.285–3.434)

2.745^*** (2.231–3.378)

3.045^*** (2.547–3.640)

3.302 ^*** (2.675–4.075)

2.404 ^*** (1.973–2.931)

2.704^*** (2.178–3.356)

4.075^*** (3.185–5.214)

5.582^*** (4.332–7.192)