Accuracy of Self-Reported Height, Weight, and BMI Over Time in Emerging Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Self-reported height and weight may lead to inaccurate estimates of associations between BMI and health indicators. The purpose of this study is to assess anthropometric misreporting in emerging adults, compare weight classification by self-reported and direct measures, and examine associations of self-reported and direct measures with cardiometabolic biomarkers.

Methods

Self-reported and directly measured height and weight were obtained in five waves of a nationally representative cohort study of U.S. tenth graders (n=2,785) conducted in 2010-2016; data were analyzed in 2018. Cardiometabolic biomarkers were assessed in three waves in a systematically recruited subsample (n=567). Pearson correlations (r) and Lin's concordance correlations (ρ_c) evaluat

SUBMITTER: Lipsky LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661894 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature