. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Nov 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2002 Dec;102(12):1779–1784. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8223(02)90381-0

Table 1.

Relation between anthropometric parameters, as measured by subjects themselves and as measured by a skilled technician (N=152).

Anthropometric measurements	N	Measurements by		P^b	Correlation coefficient^c
		Subject Mean ± Sd	Technician Mean ± Sd
Weight (kg)	150	61.9 ± 10.4	61.7 ± 10.4	NS	0.94
Height (cm)	150	161.4 ± 6.4	161.0 ± 6.1	NS	0.89
Sitting Height (cm)	128	84.2 ± 11.5	85.3 ± 3.6	<.01	0.56
Hip Circumference (cm)	151	97.7 ± 9.8	98.7 ± 8.2	<.01	0.90
Waist Circumference (cm)	150	77.7 ± 10.6	77.1 ± 10.3	NS	0.79
Bust Circumference (base) (cm)	149	81.0 ± 7.2	81.5 ± 7.6	NS	0.83
Bust Circumference (nipples) (cm)	149	94.0 ± 8.2	93.4 ± 8.4	<.05	0.94
BMI^d	149	23.81 ± 3.8	23.79 ± 3.8	NS	0.92
Silhouette	151	3.65 ± 1.1	3.46 ± 1.1	<.05	0.85

SD= standard deviation

p value: Student’s t-test for paired samples: H₀: means are equal.

Pearson correlation coefficient: H₀: the correlation coefficients are equal to zero. All correlations were significantly different from zero (p-value < 0.0001).

BMI defined as weight (kg)/height (m²).