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. 2013 Feb 21;17(3):569–578. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000128

Table 3.

Percentage agreement between perceived weight status and BMI status among student nurses and qualified nurses attending a large university in London, UK, 2010

Perceived weight status
Student nurses Qualified nurses All
BMI status Thin Normal Overweight Obese Total n Thin Normal Overweight Obese Total n Thin Normal Overweight Obese Total n
BMI<18·5 kg/m2 47·8 52·2 0·0 0·0 23 42·9 50·0 7·1 0·0 14 45·9 51·4 2·7 0·0 37
18·5 ≤ BMI<25·0 kg/m2 6·0 87·6 6·0 0·5 217 3·6 86·6 9·8 0·0 194 4·9 87·1 7·8 0·2 411
25·0 ≤ BMI<30·0 kg/m2 0·0 41·3 58·7 0·0 46 0·0 42·5 57·5 0·0 87 0·0 42·1 57·9 0·0 133
BMI ≥ 30·0 kg/m2 0·0 8·7 52·2 39·1 23 0·0 10·0 72·0 18·0 50 0·0 9·6 65·8 24·7 73
Total n 24 223 52 10 309 13 217 106 9 345 37 440 158 19 654
κ = 0·493 κ = 0·424 κ = 0·461