Variation of psychological and anthropometrics measures before and after dieting and factors associated with body dissatisfaction and quality of life in a Lebanese clinical sample

Table 7 Multivariable analysis taking the mental health QOL before the diet as the dependent variable

	Unstandardized beta	Standardized beta	P value	Confidence interval
	Unstandardized beta	Standardized beta	P value	Lower bound	Upper bound
Model 1
Perceived stress	− 0.711	− 0.441	0.001	− 1.086	− 0.335
Physical Activity Index	0.086	0.253	0.026	0.011	0.161
Body dissatisfaction	− 0.480	− 0.278	0.024	− 0.892	− 0.068
Female gender compared to males	− 4.094	− 0.211	0.046	− 8.107	− 0.081
Model 2
Physical Activity Index	0.123	0.432	0.007	0.036	0.210

Variables entered in the first model: Body Dissatisfaction Score, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, Physical Activity Index and gender. Variables entered in the second model: age, body dissatisfaction, perceived stress, anxiety, depression and Physical Activity Index

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