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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2011 Dec 9;15(6):989–999. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011003193

Table 4.

Percent discrepancy between BMI based on CATI-reported values and examiner-measured values, by BMI

Body mass index (based on examiner
measured weight and height)		 n Under-report BMI ≥5%
(now %)		 Report BMI within 4%
(now %)		 Over-report BMI ≥5%
(now %)
All women 18,634 10.5 83.4 6.2
Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) 241 0.8 72.6 26.6
Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) 7, 600 5.5 86.6 7.9
Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) 5, 857 11.7 83.7 4.6
Obese (30.0+ kg/m2) 4, 936 17.2 78.5 4.3

Abbreviations: CATI, computer-assisted telephone interview; BMI, body mass index.