Table 3.
Accuracy of classification of children’s body size (BMI categories determined per cut-off points as proposed by Cole et al. [23])
| Children’s own assessment |
Mother’s assessment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | control | MOC | MNC | |
| (n = 111)a | (n = 149)a | (n = 111)b | (n = 149)a | |
| Correct, n (%) | 53 (48) | 125 (84) | 84 (76) | 137 (92) |
| Wrong, n (%) | 58 (52) | 24 (16) | 27 (24) | 12 (8) |
a
p < 0.001, significant (Fisher’s exact test).
b
p = 0.0003, significant (Fisher’s exact test). MOC = Mothers of overweight children; MNC = mothers of non-overweight children.