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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Res Clin Pract. 2019 Nov 21;13(6):522–528. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2019.10.006

Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and Bland-Altman limits of agreement between self-reported and measured height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC) values.

Anthropometric measurement Correlation coefficient (95% Confidence Intervals [CI])
Bland-Altman limits of agreement
All (n = 444) Men (n = 180) Women (n = 264) All (n = 444) Men (n = 180) Women (n = 264)

Height (cm) 0.98 (0.98, 0.99) 0.96 (0.95, 0.97) 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) −2.437–4.769 −2.627–4.785 −2.308–4.759
Weight (kg) a 0.97 (0.97, 0.98) 0.97 (0.96, 0.98) 0.96 (0.95, 0.97) −8.928–6.080 −8.273–5.695 −9.364–6.332
BMI (kg/m2) 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) −3.954–2.154 −3.414–1.869 −4.287–2.314
WC (cm)a 0.90 (0.89, 0.92) 0.87 (0.83, 0.90) 0.86 (0.86, 0.91) −14.981–9.836 −14.654–9.752 −15.221–9.911

BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; 95 % CI = 95% confidence intervals.

a

Weight value was missing in one person (n = 443; one woman [n = 263]), and waist value was missing in two persons (n = 442; one man [n = 179] and one woman [n = 263]).