Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Comparison of foci of concern among male and female subjects

BODY FOCI OF CONCERN*	TOTAL (n = 156)	MALES (n = 67)	FEMALES (n = 89)	p-value^§
	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)
Body weight	60 (38.5%)	22 (32.8%)	38 (42.7%)	0.210
Fat	49 (31.4)	13 (19.4%)	36 (40.4%)	0.005
Thin	11 (7.1%)	9 (13.4%)	2 (2.2%)	0.010
Head hair	38 (24.4%)	23 (34.3%)	15 (16.9%)	0.012
Skin	32 (20.5%)	10 (14.9%)	22 (24.7%)	0.134
Nose	23 (14.7%)	10 (14.9%)	13 (14.6%)	0.956
Teeth	23 (14.7%)	7 (10.4%)	16 (18%)	0.189
Being short	7 (4.5%)	4 (6%)	3 (3.4%)	0.464
Other**	23 (14.7%)	9 (13.4%)	14 (15.7%)	--

* These foci have multiple responses and percentages in columns will not add up to 100%.
** Other foci of concern included eyes, ears, thighs, buttocks, genitalia, body hair, etc but none of these foci reached 4% of total independently.
^§ Chi-square test was applied here to find significant differences in foci of concern among male and female subjects.

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