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. 2015 Jul 5;10(5):28. doi: 10.1007/s12263-015-0476-0

Table 2.

Summary statistics and correlation coefficients for self-reported and measured height, weight and BMI

Variables Collection method p valuea Correlation coefficient
Self-reported Measured ICC (95 % CI)b
All (n = 140)
 Height (cm) 170.3 ± 9.4 170.1 ± 9.1 0.066 0.990 (0.986–0.993)*
 Weight (kg) 71.6 ± 13.9 72.3 ± 14.3 <0.0001 0.993 (0.991–0.995)*
 BMI (kg m−2) 24.6 ± 3.8 24.9 ± 3.9 <0.0001 0.983 (0.977–0.988)*
By sex
 Women (n = 79)
  Height (cm) 164.2 ± 6.4 164.3 ± 6.1 0.084 0.974 (0.960–0.983)*
  Weight (kg) 64.8 ± 10.7 65.5 ± 11.1 0.0004 0.987 (0.981–0.992)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 24.1 ± 3.9 24.3 ± 4.1 0.005 0.982 (0.972–0.988)*
 Men (n = 61)
  Height (cm) 178.1 ± 6.4 177.6 ± 6.3 0.0002 0.985 (0.975–0.981)*
  Weight (kg) 80.4 ± 12.6 81.2 ± 13.0 <0.0001 0.993 (0.988–0.995)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 25.3 ± 3.5 25.7 ± 3.6 <0.0001 0.983 (0.973–0.990)*
By age group
 <45 years (n = 71)
  Height (cm) 171.2 ± 8.9 171.2 ± 8.4 0.136 0.990 (0.985–0.994)*
  Weight (kg) 70.0 ± 13.6 70.5 ± 13.8 0.009 0.992 (0.988–0.996)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 23.7 ± 3.6 23.9 ± 3.7 0.005 0.981 (0.970–0.988)*
 ≥45 years (n = 69)
  Height (cm) 169.3 ± 9.8 169.1 ± 9.7 0.236 0.990 (0.984–0.993)*
  Weight (kg) 73.3 ± 14.1 74.2 ± 14.5 <0.0001 0.994 (0.990–0.996)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 25.4 ± 3.7 25.8 ± 3.9 <0.0001 0.983 (0.973–0.989)*
By BMI categories
 Normal weight (n = 80)
  Height (cm) 169.6 ± 9.0 169.5 ± 8.7 0.719 0.992 (0.987–0.994)*
  Weight (kg) 63.1 ± 8.5 63.4 ± 8.4 0.053 0.984 (0.976–0.990)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 21.9 ± 1.7 22.0 ± 1.7 0.071 0.937 (0.903–0.959)*
 Overweight (n = 43)
  Height (cm) 171.1 ± 9.5 170.6 ± 10.0 0.017 0.987 (0.977–0.993)*
  Weight (kg) 78.8 ± 9.2 79.9 ± 9.3 <0.0001 0.986 (0.975–0.992)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 26.8 ± 1.5 27.40 ± 1.3 <0.0001 0.839 (0.722–0.909)*
 Obese (n = 17)
  Height (cm) 171.8 ± 9.0 171.8 ± 9.0 0.984 0.991 (0.970–0.997)*
  Weight (kg) 93.3 ± 10.4 94.8 ± 10.3 0.002 0.974 (0.934–0.990)*
  BMI (kg m−2) 31.5 ± 1.7 32.1 ± 1.6 0.006 0.864 (0.672–0.948)*

Data represent mean ± SD for self-reported and measured values

* All p values for ICC and Pearson’s correlation were significant at <0.0001

aPaired t test was used for assessing differences between means of both methods

bIntraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)

cPearson’s product correlation coefficient (r) and their corresponding 95 % confident intervals were used to assess the level of reliability between methods