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Table 4 Prevalence of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesitya based on self-report and direct measurements

From: Validity of self-reported weight and height: a cross-sectional study among Malaysian adolescents

 

Self-reported

n (%)

Directly-measured

n (%)

Ò  b value

95% CI

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obesity

 

All

64 (9.7)

479 (72.2)

83 (12.5)

37 (5.6)

40 (6.0)

498 (75.1)

81 (12.2)

44 (6.1)

0.76

0.67, 0.84

Boys

42 (13.9)

208 (68.9)

34 (11.3)

18 (6.0)

22 (7.3)

227 (75.2)

33 (10.9)

20 (6.6)

0.72

0.59, 0.85

Girls

22 (6.1)

271 (75.1)

49 (13.6)

19 (5.3)

18 (5.0)

271 (75.1)

48 (13.3)

24 (6.6)

0.79

0.67, 0.90

  1. aWHO Growth Reference, 5–19 years (2007)
  2. bWeighted kappa statistic (Absolute error weighting method)