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TY - JOUR
T1 - Does the misreporting of adult body size depend upon an individual's height and weight?
T2 - methodological debate
AU - Gunnell, David
AU - Berney, Lee
AU - Holland, Paula
AU - Maynard, Maria
AU - Blane, David
AU - Smith, George Davey
AU - Frankel, Stephen
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In a paper published four years ago in this journal1 we included an assessment of factors influencing the accuracy of self-reported anthropometry in the elderly. The analysis was based on 257 surviving members of the Boyd Orr Cohort aged 56–78 years with both self-reported (questionnaire) and measured values recorded for their weight, height, and leg length.As well as comparing self-report and measured values using Bland-Altman plots2 we also carried out a multivariable linear regression analysis to investigate factors associated with the difference between self-reported and measured anthropometry (‘misreporting’). The factors examined in these models were age, gender, social class, and other anthropometric …
AB - In a paper published four years ago in this journal1 we included an assessment of factors influencing the accuracy of self-reported anthropometry in the elderly. The analysis was based on 257 surviving members of the Boyd Orr Cohort aged 56–78 years with both self-reported (questionnaire) and measured values recorded for their weight, height, and leg length.As well as comparing self-report and measured values using Bland-Altman plots2 we also carried out a multivariable linear regression analysis to investigate factors associated with the difference between self-reported and measured anthropometry (‘misreporting’). The factors examined in these models were age, gender, social class, and other anthropometric …
U2 - 10.1093/ije/dyh301
DO - 10.1093/ije/dyh301
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 15358740
VL - 33
SP - 1398
EP - 1399
JO - International Journal of Epidemiology
JF - International Journal of Epidemiology
SN - 0300-5771
IS - 6
ER -