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. 2013 Sep 8;13:815. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-815

Table 2.

Mean difference, Pearson correlation coefficient, intra-class correlation coefficient, and kappa coefficient for reported and measured height, weight, and body mass index (BMI)

 
Measured minus self-reported values
Pearson correlation coefficient
Intra-class correlation coefficient and 95% CI
Non-weighted kappa coefficient (SE) for categorised BMI
Regression equation of reported in terms of measured data:regression coefficient and 95% CI
  Mean (SD) <0 (%) Zero (%) >0(%)       Slope Constant term
Boys (N = 708)
  Height (m)
0.0069 (0.33)
28.8
24.6
46.6
0.96
0.92 (0.89-0.95)
-
1.00 (0.98-1.02)
−0.01 (−0.045-0.025)
  Weight (kg)
1.03 (2.63)
21.5
11.9
66.7
0.98
0.96 (0.95-0.97)
-
0.96 (0.94-0.97)
1.06 (0.25-1.88)
  BMI (kg/m2)
0.22 (1.21)
32.8
6.6
60.6
0.92
0.90 (0.84-0.96)
0.66 (0.027)
0.90 (0.87-0.93)
1.72 (1.16-2.28)
Girls (N = 693)
  Height (m)
0.0016 (0.023)
33.3
28.4
38.2
0.96
0.93 (0.89-0.96)
-
1.03 (1.01-1.05)
−0.045 (−0.079- -0.011)
  Weight (kg)
0.81 (2.22)
23.5
11.4
65.1
0.98
0.96 (0.95-0.97)
-
0.97 (0.96-0.99)
0.61 (−0.19-1.41)
  BMI (kg/m2)
0.29 (1.12)
31.8
5.5
62.8
0.94
0.88 (0.83-0.93)
0.75 (0.029)
0.93 (0.90-0.95)
1.18 (0.66-1.69)
Total sample (N = 1401)
  Height (m)
0.0043 (0.29)
31.0
26.5
42.5
0.96
0.96 (0.95-0.96)
-
1.01(0.99-1.02)
−0.014 (−0.038-0.011)
  Weight (kg)
0.92 (2.44)
22.5
11.6
65.9
0.98
0.92 (0.89-0.95)
-
0.96 (0.95-0.97)
0.92 (0.35-1.49)
  BMI (kg/m2) 0.25 (1.17) 32.3 6.1 61.7 0.93 0.88 (0.85-0.91) 0.70 (0.020) 0.91 (0.89-0.93) 1.44 (1.06-1.83)

N: number of subjects.

Bold type: mean value significantly different from zero, slope significantly different from 1, and constant term significantly different from zero (p < 0.05).