Table 5.
Prevalences (%) of overweight, obesity and increased WC based on measured and self-reported values for sex, age, BMI status, SES, smoking status, medication use and frequency of weighing oneself
| Males (N = 864) | Females (N = 434) | |
| Overweight measured | 68.1 | 62.9 |
| Overweight self-reported | 72.2 | 64.7 |
| Obesity measured | 31.9 | 37.1 |
| Obesity self-reported | 25.1 | 30.2 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 56.8 | 73.0 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 60.2 | 77.0 |
| Low age (N = 649) | High age (N = 649) | |
| Overweight measured | 64.4 | 68.3 |
| Overweight self-reported | 66.3 | 73.2 |
| Obesity measured | 35.6 | 31.7 |
| Obesity self-reported | 29.1 | 24.5 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 59.2 | 64.0 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 66.4 | 64.0 |
| Overweight (N = 861) | Obese (N = 437) | |
| Overweight measured | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Overweight self-reported2 | 93.5 | 22.9 |
| Obesity measured | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Obesity self-reported | 1.3 | 77.1 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 44.2 | 94.3 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 49.7 | 94.3 |
| Low SES (N = 513) | High SES (N = 784) | |
| Overweight measured | 61.0 | 69.8 |
| Overweight self-reported | 66.7 | 71.7 |
| Obesity measured | 39.0 | 30.2 |
| Obesity self-reported | 31.2 | 24.0 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 68.7 | 57.0 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 68.7 | 62.9 |
| Smoking (N = 193) | Non-smoking (N = 1103) | |
| Overweight measured | 59.6 | 67.5 |
| Overweight self-reported | 63.7 | 70.9 |
| Obesity measured | 40.4 | 32.5 |
| Obesity self-reported | 34.7 | 25.4 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 41.7 | 39.2 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 47.2 | 41.0 |
| Medication use (N = 218) | No medication use (N = 1031) | |
| Overweight measured | 54.6 | 69.0 |
| Overweight self-reported | 61.5 | 71.5 |
| Obesity measured | 45.4 | 31.0 |
| Obesity self-reported | 36.7 | 24.5 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 60.6 | 36.8 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 54.5 | 40.7 |
| Low frequency of weighing oneself (N = 671) | High frequency of weighing oneself (N = 627) | |
| Overweight measured | 63.9 | 68.9 |
| Overweight self-reported | 69.4 | 70.0 |
| Obesity measured | 36.1 | 31.1 |
| Obesity self-reported | 28.0 | 25.5 |
| Increased WC measured1 | 51.2 | 27.6 |
| Increased WC self-reported1 | 52.0 | 31.7 |
1 Results on WC are based on a sub-sample of 250 subjects (176 males and 74 females; low age group [N = 125], high age group [N = 125]; low BMI group [N = 163], high BMI group [N = 87]; low SES group [N = 99], high SES group [N = 151]; smoking [N = 36], non-smoking [N = 212]; medication use [N = 33], no medication use [N = 209]; low frequency of weighing [125], high frequency of weighing [123]).
2 45 subjects (5.2%) had a healthy weight based on their self-reported BMI