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Table 3 Pearson correlations between self-reports and measurements by age and sex, population weighted

From: Discrepancies in self-reported and measured anthropometric measurements and indices among older Australians: prevalence and correlates

 

Males

Females

 

Weight

Height

BMI

Weight

Height

BMI

65–69

0.917

0.708

0.922

0.916

0.555

0.936

70–74

0.901

0.606

0.906

0.902

0.628

0.914

75–79

0.876

0.564

0.869

0.895

0.517

0.913

80–84

0.879

0.575

0.910

0.884

0.496

0.878

85+

0.797

0.490

0.819

0.822

0.508

0.851

Total

0.903

0.637

0.903

0.904

0.574

0.915

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