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Table 2 Self-reported Waist Circumference category vs measured Waist Circumference category

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

 

Self-reported Waist Circumference category

Actual Waist Circumference category

Normal (n)

Overweight (n)

Obese (n)

Total

Normal

2

2 ¤

0 ¤

4

Borderline N/OW*

2

5

0 ¤

7

Overweight

0 §

7

2 ¤

9

Borderline OW/OB*

0 §

16

9

25

Obese

2 §

25 §

209

236

Total

6

55

220

281

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

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