Validity of self-reported body mass index among middle-aged participants in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight has been criticized as being biased because of an observed tendency for overweight and obese people to overestimate height and underestimate weight, resulting in higher misclassification for these groups. We examined the vali...

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Autores principales: Skeie, Guri, Mode, Nicolle, Henningsen, Maria, Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170718
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S83839

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4493970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170718
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S83839

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