Table 10
Percentage distribution of population, by body mass index (BMI) category and sex, when corrected estimates were applied to full 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey Sample, household population aged 18 years or older
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BMI category | Self-reported | Measured | Corrected | ||||
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Model 1 (Full) Height and weight | Model 2 (Full) BMI | Model 3 (Reduced) Height and weight | Model 4 (Reduced) BMI | ||||
Males | |||||||
Underweight | 0.7E | 0.9E | 1.00 | 1.20 | 0.90 | 1.00 | |
Normal weight | 41.8 | 32.4 | 31.2 | 30.0 | 31.2 | 33.1 | |
Overweight | 41.2 | 41.1 | 44.3 | 45.4 | 44.9 | 42.9 | |
Obese | 16.3 | 25.6 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 23.1 | |
Females | |||||||
Underweight | 4.3 | 2.6E | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | |
Normal weight | 54.0 | 46.1 | 46.5 | 46.4 | 46.8 | 46.7 | |
Overweight | 26.1 | 29.1 | 29.9 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 30.6 | |
Obese | 15.7 | 22.3 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.8 | |
Notes: Measured and reported values were generated based on subsample of respondents whose height and weight were measured. | |||||||
Source: 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. |
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