Table 3
Mean body mass index (BMI) for self-reported, measured and corrected data, by sex, household population aged 18 to 79, Canada, 2008
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Self-reported | Measured | Corrected | |||||||||||
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Based on 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey | Based on 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey | ||||||||||||
Mean | Bias | 95% confidence interval | Mean | Mean | Bias | 95% confidence interval | Mean | Bias | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||||||
Men | 26.4* | -1.2 | -1.4 | -1.0 | 27.5 | 26.9* | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.4 | 27.3* | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.0 |
Women | 25.4* | -1.5 | -1.7 | -1.2 | 26.9 | 26.2* | -0.7 | -0.9 | -0.5 | 26.6* | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.1 |
* significantly different from measured estimate (p < 0.05) Note: The bias is the mean of the difference between the self-reported/corrected value and the measured value. Source: 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (subsample). |
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