Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo1, Elsa Yunes-Díaz1, Martin Lajous1,2, Isabelle Romieu3, Adriana Monge1, Ruy López-Ridaura1. 1. Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 2. Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA, United States. 3. Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: : To compare direct and self-reported anthropometry in Mexican women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: : Women aged 30-72 years, participating in the Mexican Teachers' Cohort, completed a questionnaire with their anthropometric data in 2006-2008. After eleven months (median time), technicians performed anthropometry in 3756 participants. We calculated correlations and multivariable-adjusted mean differences between direct and self-reported anthropometric measures. RESULTS: : Correlations between direct and self-reported anthropometric measures ranged from 0.78 (waist circumference) to 0.93 (weight). On average, women over-reported their height by 2.2 cm and underreported their weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist and hip circumferences by 1.3 kg, 1.3 kg/m2, 1.8 cm and 1.9 cm, respectively. Errors in self-reported anthropometry increased with rising measured BMI and were also independently associated with age, education and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSION: : Self-reported anthropometry is sufficiently valid for epidemiological purposes in adult Mexican women. Errors in self-reported anthropometry might result in underestimation of the prevalence of overweight and obesity.
OBJECTIVE: : To compare direct and self-reported anthropometry in Mexican women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: : Women aged 30-72 years, participating in the Mexican Teachers' Cohort, completed a questionnaire with their anthropometric data in 2006-2008. After eleven months (median time), technicians performed anthropometry in 3756 participants. We calculated correlations and multivariable-adjusted mean differences between direct and self-reported anthropometric measures. RESULTS: : Correlations between direct and self-reported anthropometric measures ranged from 0.78 (waist circumference) to 0.93 (weight). On average, women over-reported their height by 2.2 cm and underreported their weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist and hip circumferences by 1.3 kg, 1.3 kg/m2, 1.8 cm and 1.9 cm, respectively. Errors in self-reported anthropometry increased with rising measured BMI and were also independently associated with age, education and socioeconomic status. CONCLUSION: : Self-reported anthropometry is sufficiently valid for epidemiological purposes in adult Mexican women. Errors in self-reported anthropometry might result in underestimation of the prevalence of overweight and obesity.
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