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Table 2 Cross-classification analyses among obesity definitions in children participating in the Irish COSI study

From: School sociodemographic characteristics and obesity in schoolchildren: does the obesity definition matter?

 

Same category (%)

Opposite category (%)

κ

p-value*

WHO 2007 vs CDC 2000

91.8

8.2

0.80

< 0.001

WHO 2007 vs IOTF

90.5

9.5

0.76

< 0.001

CDC 2000 vs IOTF

98.2

1.8

0.95

< 0.001

UK 1990 vs WHeR

82.3

17.7

0.53

< 0.001

  1. *p < 0.05, chi-squared test
  2. κ, kappa statistic
  3. BMI body mass index, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, IOTF International Obesity Task Force, UK United Kingdom, WHeR waist-to-height ratio, WHO World Health Organisation
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