Agreement between self-reported and measured height, weight and body mass index in old age-a longitudinal study with 20 years of follow-up
Agreement between self-reported and measured height, weight and body mass index in old age-a longitudinal study with 20 years of follow-up
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DOI:
10.1093/ageing/afq038
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发表时间:
2010-07-01
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Pedersen, Nancy L.
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作者:
Dahl, Anna K.;Hassing, Linda B.;Pedersen, Nancy L.
Objective: the study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and changes in accuracy of self-reported height, weight and BMI calculated from self-reported height and weight in late life.Design: a longitudinal population-based study with five times of follow-up was conducted.Participants: seven hundred seventy-four community-living men and women, aged 40-88 at baseline (mean age 63.9), included in The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging.Methods: participants self-reported their height and weight in a questionnaire, and height and weight were measured by experienced research nurses at an in-person testing five times during a 20-year period. BMI was calculated as weight (kilogramme)/height (metre)(2).Results: latent growth curve modelling showed an increase in the mean difference between self-reported and measured values over time for height (0.038 cm/year) and BMI (0.016 kg/m(2)/year), but not for weight.Conclusions: there is a very small increase in the mean difference between self-reported and measured BMI with ageing, which probably would not affect the results when self-reported BMI is used as a continuous variable in longitudinal studies.