Body image before and after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: comparison and its contributing factors

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Comparisons of the variations of the mean scores of BI and its dimensions across the three measurement time points^a

Body image dimensions	Time point		95% Confidence Interval of the Difference	P value ^b
Body image dimensions	Before	After 1 month	95% Confidence Interval of the Difference	P value ^b
Total	139.60 ± 13.21	160.25 ± 7.75	18.05, 23.22	< 0.001
Appearance evaluation	21.85 ± 2.97	24.27 ± 2.41	1.76, 3.06	< 0.001
Appearance orientation	35.47 ± 4.72	41.29 ± 3.18	4.94, 6.68	< 0.001
Fitness evaluation	7.86 ± 1.69	10.12 ± 1.49	1.84, 2.66	< 0.001
Fitness orientation	36.52 ± 4.99	45.59 ± 3.41	8.12, 10.01	< 0.001
Subjective weight	7.26 ± 1.58	6.30 ± 1.25	−1.30, −0.61	< 0.001
Body areas satisfaction	30.62 ± 4.39	32.66 ± 2.86	1.16, 2.92	< 0.001

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