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Proportion of misclassification of individuals with obesity and morbid obesity when using self-reported body mass index (BMI) versus measured BMI using data from the the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey
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COPD
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Non-COPD
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Measured BMI
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Measured BMI
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| Nonobese | Obese | Nonobese | Obese | ||||
| Self-reported BMI | Nonobese | 69.7 | 6.0 | Self-reported BMI | Nonobese | 80.0 | 10.5 |
| Obese | 0.5 | 23.8 | Obese | 1.1 | 17.4 | ||
Data presented as %. COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
