Table 2. Proportion of Women and Men and Their Overestimation of, Agreement With, or Underestimation of Body Mass Index, by Weight Category, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008–2009a .
| Category | Overestimation |
Agreement |
Underestimation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| Underweight | 60 (14.6) | 195 (22.1) | 55 (5.1) | 67 (5.0) | — | — |
| Normal | 257 (62.4) | 588 (66.7) | 705 (65.9) | 1,105 (82.6) | 205 (26.1) | 253 (56.2) |
| Overweight | 95 (23.1) | 98 (11.1) | 183 (17.1) | 141 (10.5) | 353 (45.0) | 162 (36.0) |
| Obese | — | — | 126 (11.8) | 25 (1.9) | 226 (28.8) | 35 (7.8) |
| Totalb | 412 (18.2) | 881 (33.0) | 1,069 (47.2) | 1,338 (50.1) | 784 (34.6) | 450 (16.9) |
a
All values are no. (%). Percentages in the table may not add up to 100 because of rounding.
b
Percentages for only this row are based on total counts for each sex.