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Table 1 Self-reported BMI category vs BMI category as calculated from measured data

From: Recruitment into diabetes prevention programs: what is the impact of errors in self-reported measures of obesity?

 

Self-reported BMI category

Actual BMI category

Normal(n)

Overweight (n)

Obese (n)

Total

Normal

2

1 ¤

0 ¤

3

Borderline N/OW*

1

6

0 ¤

7

Overweight

4 §

40

6 ¤

50

Borderline OW/OB*

0 §

20

6

26

Obese

0 §

19 §

173

192

Total

7

86

185

278

  1. *Categories represent those within 2 kg of cutoffs for normal and overweight (N/OW), and overweight and obese (OW/OB).
  2. Notes for table: § represents participants who under-report their BMI and ¤ represents those who over-report their BMI, after allowing for 2 kg margins of error.
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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