Table 3.
Anthropometric measurements by levels of reporting bias and accuracy adjusted for age and education
| Variable | Levels of reporting bias | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LER2 | TER3 | HER4 | ||||
| UE5 N=44 |
UR6 N=84 |
CR7 N=53 |
IR8 N=79 |
OE9 N=8 |
OR1 N=28 |
|
| Currently trying to loss weight, % | 19 (43.2) | 29 (34.5) | 20 (37.7) | 20 (21.5) | 1 (12.5) | 8 (28.6) |
| Body weight, mean (SD)**# | 84.0 (17.5) | 77.7 (16.0) | 75.0 (14.5) | 73.3 (14.2) | 67.2 (10.1) | 74.4 (14.4) |
| BMI, mean (SD)#*** | 28.5 (4.9) | 27.9 (5.1) | 27.1 (4.8) | 26.4 (4.1) | 24.1 (3.2) | 26.9 (5.1) |
| Percent body fat, mean (SD)* | 37.2 (6.7) | 33.9 (8.1) | 34.0 (7.4) | 34.5 (8.3) | 28.0 (8.2) | 35.3 (9.4) |
| from age 50, mean (SD)*** | 9.2 (13.1) | 6.9 (11.5) | 10.3 (19.6) | 6.5 (11.9) | −5.9 (7.1) | 6.7 (16.8) |
#
P value between LER, TER and HER <0.05
*
P between the 6 groups - <0.05
**
P-value <0.01
***
P-value<0.001
Post-Hoc results; Weight 1#3, 1#4, 1#5
1
OR: overreporters
2
LER: low energy reporters
3
TER: “true” energy reporters
4
HER: high energy reporters
5
UE: undereaters
6
UR: underreporters
7
CR: correct reporters
8
IR: incorrect reporters
9
OE: overeaters