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Table 2 Distribution of study population and prevalence of poor self-rated health at follow-up and reporting patterns of appearance discrimination among emerging adults in Korea, 2005–2013 (N = 2,973)

From: Lookism hurts: appearance discrimination and self-rated health in South Korea

 

Distribution

Poor self-rated health*

Appearance discrimination**

Never

Repeated

Incident

In error

N (%)

N (%)

P a

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

P b

Sex

<0.001

 

<0.001

 Male

1,765 (59.4)

87 (4.9)

1,539 (87.2)

26 (1.5)

92 (5.2)

108 (6.1)

 Female

1,208 (40.6)

141 (11.7)

974 (80.6)

48 (4.0)

81 (6.7)

105 (8.7)

Age

<0.001

 

0.034

 Group I

1,659 (55.8)

159 (9.6)

1,378 (83.1)

49 (3.0)

110 (6.6)

122 (7.4)

 Group II

1,314 (44.2)

69 (5.3)

1,135 (86.4)

25 (1.9)

63 (4.8)

91 (6.9)

Change of BMI***

0.005

 

0.041

 No change

2,348 (79.0)

162 (6.9)

2,003 (85.3)

56 (2.4)

135 (5.8)

154 (6.6)

 Toward underweight

126 (4.2)

18 (14.3)

110 (87.3)

1 (0.8)

3 (2.4)

12 (9.5)

 Toward overweight/obese

199 (6.7)

17 (8.5)

156 (78.4)

8 (4.0)

18 (9.1)

17 (8.5)

 Toward normal

300 (10.1)

31 (10.3)

244 (81.3)

9 (3.0)

17 (5.7)

30 (10.0)

Residential area

0.461

 

0.837

 Metropolitan area

2,402 (80.8)

180 (7.5)

2,033 (84.6)

62 (2.6)

138 (5.8)

169 (7.0)

 Rural area

571 (19.2)

48 (8.4)

480 (84.1)

12 (2.1)

35 (6.1)

44 (7.7)

Baseline health status

<0.001

 

0.038

 Good

2,788 (93.8)

185 (6.6)

2,370 (85.0)

67 (2.4)

159 (5.7)

192 (6.9)

 Poor

185 (6.2)

43 (23.2)

143 (77.3)

7 (3.8)

14 (7.6)

21 (11.4)

  1. *Prevalence of poor self-rated health at follow-up
  2. **Prevalence of appearance discrimination based on reporting patterns at baseline and follow-up
  3. ***Change of BMI was classified into four categories according to respondents’ BMI (underweight, normal, overweight, obese) at baseline and follow-up.
  4. 1) No change (underweight-underweight, normal-normal, overweight-overweight, obese-obese)
  5. 2) Toward underweight (normal-underweight, overweight-underweight, obese-underweight)
  6. 3) Toward overweight/obese (normal-overweight, normal-obese, overweight-obese, underweight-overweight, underweight-obese)
  7. 4) Toward normal (underweight-normal, overweight-normal, obese-normal, obese-overweight)
  8. a P-value of Chi-square test comparing prevalence of poor self-rated health at follow-up across key covariates
  9. b P-value of Chi-square test comparing prevalence of appearance discrimination based on reporting patterns at baseline and follow-up across key covariates