Table 4 Classification of participants into obese or non-obese based on self-reported and measured height and weighta
Ethnicity | Sex | Estimated obesity | True obesity | Sensitivity (95%-CI) | Specificity (95%-CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no | yes | |||||
Dutch | men | no | 153 | 6 | 71% (47-96%) | 99% (98-101%) |
(n = 175) | yes | 1 | 15 | |||
women | no | 194 | 6 | 87% (74-99%) | 100% (100-100%) | |
(n = 239) | yes | 0 | 39 | |||
Turkish | men | no | 120 | 14 | 70% (53-87%) | 94% (88-99%) |
(n = 174) | yes | 8 | 32 | |||
women | no | 92 | 12 | 83% (72-94%) | 97% (92-101%) | |
(n = 166) | yes | 3 | 59 | |||
Moroccan | men | no | 109 | 10 | 67% (45-88%) | 96% (92-101%) |
(n = 143) | yes | 4 | 20 | |||
women | no | 54 | 7 | 82% (66-97%) | 96% (90-103%) | |
(n = 94) | yes | 2 | 31 | |||
All | men | no | 382 | 30 | 69% (57-81%) | 97% (95-99%) |
yes | 13 | 67 | ||||
women | no | 340 | 25 | 84% (76-91%) | 99% (97-100%) | |
yes | 5 | 129 | ||||
total | no | 722 | 55 | 78% (72-85%) | 98% (96-99%) | |
yes | 18 | 196 | ||||