Table 2.
Self-reported Waist Circumference category vs measured Waist Circumference category
| |
Self-reported Waist Circumference category |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Waist Circumference category | Normal (n) | Overweight (n) | Obese (n) | Total |
| Normal |
2 |
2¤ |
0¤ |
4 |
| Borderline N/OW* |
2 |
5 |
0¤ |
7 |
| Overweight |
0§ |
7 |
2¤ |
9 |
| Borderline OW/OB* |
0§ |
16 |
9 |
25 |
| Obese |
2§ |
25§ |
209 |
236 |
| Total | 6 | 55 | 220 | 281 |
* Categories represent those within 2 cm of cutoffs for normal and overweight (N/OW), and overweight and obese (OW/OB).
Notes for table: § represents participants who under-report their waist circumference category and ¤ represents those who over-report their waist circumference category, after allowing for 2 cm margins of error.