Cultural differences in food and shape related attitudes and eating behavior are associated with differences of Body Mass Index in the same food environment: cross-sectional results from the Seafarer Nutrition Study of Kiribati and European seafarers on merchant ships

Table 1 BMI, self-evaluation of weight and ratings of the most similar shape, the most desirable shape, most respected shape in the country of origin and most healthy shape: Descriptive statistics (Means ± SD and results from t-tests) and regression coefficients from the multiple regression analysis (MRA) of shape ratings (dependent variables) on ethnic-cultural group (0 = European; 1 = Kiribati), centered BMI and interaction term (predictors)

	Range	Means ± SD		Raw regression coefficients B from multiple regression analysis
				Predictors for MRAs
		European	Kiribati	Ethnic Group	BMI	Interaction
BMI		25.6 ± 3,4	30.3 ± 4.2 ^***
Self-evaluation of weight	1–5	3.5 ± 0.8	3.5 ± 0.8
Dependent variables for MRAs
Most similar shape	1–9	4.3 ± 1.6	4.7 ± 1.8	− 1.14 ^*	0.34 ^*	−0.01
Most desirable shape	1–9	3.6 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 1.3 ^*	− 1.08 ^*	0.09	− 0.02
Most respected shape	1–9	4.2 ± 1.3	6.7 ± 2.1 ^***	2.85 ^*	0.04	−0.17
Most healthy shape	1–9	3.2 ± 1.3	2.5 ± 1.6	−0.44	− 0.06	0.04

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