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. 2019 Nov 5;23(4):589–598. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019003008

Table 1.

Mean parent-reported and measured anthropometric data in 4-year-old children, by sex. Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain, 2012 (n 2914)

Parent-reported Measured Absolute difference
(reported minus measured)
Relative difference
(reported minus measured)
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI % 95 % CI
Mean height (cm)
  Total (n 2914) 102·15 101·87, 102·43 103·53 103·37, 103·69 −1·38 −1·63, −1·13 −1·33 −1·58, −1·09
  Boys (n 1486) 102·47 102·09, 102·84 104·02 103·80, 104·25 −1·56 −1·90, −1·22 −1·50 −1·83, −1·17
  Girls (n 1428) 101·82 101·41, 102·23 103·01 102·79, 103·24 −1·19 −1·56, −0·82 −1·16 −1·52, −0·80
Mean weight (kg)
  Total (n 2914) 16·79 16·69, 16·90 17·04 16·95, 17·13 −0·25 −0·32, −0·18 −1·46 −1·85, −1·06
  Boys (n 1486) 17·02 16·86, 17·17 17·25 17·12, 17·37 0·23 0·33, 0·13 −1·34 −1·89, −0·78
  Girls (n 1428) 16·56 16·41, 16·72 16·83 16·70, 16·96 0·27 0·36, 0·17 −1·58 −2·16, −1·01
Mean BMI (kg/m2)
  Total (n 2914) 16·26 16·13, 16·38 15·85 15·79, 15·91 0·41 0·29, 0·52 2·56 1·86, 3·26
  Boys (n 1486) 16·36 16·18, 16·53 15·89 15·81, 15·97 0·46 0·31, 0·61 2·92 1·97, 3·87
  Girls (n 1428) 16·15 15·97, 16·34 15·81 15·72, 15·90 0·34 0·18, 0·51 2·18 1·14, 3·21
Mean BMI Z-score*
  Total (n 2914) 0·39 0·31, 0·47 0·33 0·29, 0·37 0·06 0·01, 0·12
  Boys (n 1486) 0·49 0·37, 0·60 0·37 0·31, 0·42 0·12 0·02, 0·12
  Girls (n 1428) 0·29 0·19, 0·39 0·29 0·24, 0·35 0·00 0·10, 0·09

Statistically significant differences are indicated in bold.

*

No relative differences could be calculated due to measured BMI Z-score values equal to zero.