ArticleEpidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)2017
Accuracy of Self-reported Weight in Hispanic/Latino Adults of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
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- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Latinx Populations in the United States: A Culturally Relevant Literature Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Demographic and sociocultural risk factors for adulthood weight gain in Hispanic/Latinos: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).BMC public health · 2021Article
- Prevalence of self-reported obesity among diverse Latino adult populations in New York City, 2013-2017.Obesity science & practice · 2021Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of physical activity and weight misreporting in diverse populations: The Seattle Obesity Study III.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- The Diverging Impacts of Segregation on Obesity Risk by Nativity and Neighborhood Poverty Among Hispanic Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- A Comparison of Common Health Indicators From Two Surveys of Latinos in the Bronx, New York.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2020Article
- Accuracy of self-reported weight in the Women's Health Initiative.Public health nutrition · 2019Observational
- Body Image, Physical Activity and Cultural Variables Underlying Race and Ethnicity among Latino Men.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2019Article
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- Misreporting Weight and Height Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Men.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious US population-based studies have found that body weight may be underestimated when self-reported. However, this research may not apply to all US Hispanics/Latinos, many of whom are immigrants with distinct cultural orientations to ideal body size. We assessed the data quality and accuracy of self-reported weight in a diverse, community-based, US sample of primarily foreign-born Hispanic/Latino adults.
methodsUsing baseline data (2008-2011) from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), we described the difference between contemporaneous self-reported and measured current body weight (n = 16,119) and used multivariate adjusted models to establish whether the observed trends in misreporting in potential predictors of inaccuracy persisted after adjustment for other predictors. Last, we described the weighted percentage agreement in body mass classification using either self-reported or measured weight (n = 16,110).
resultsSelf-reported weight was well correlated with (r = 0.95) and on average 0.23 kg greater than measured weight. The range of this misreporting was large and several factors were associated with misreporting: age group, gender, body mass categories, nativity, study site by background, unit of self-report (kg or lb), and end-digit preference. The percentage agreement of body mass classification using self-reported versus measured weight was 86% and varied across prevalent health conditions.
conclusionsThe direction of misreporting in self-reported weight, and thus the anticipated bias in obesity prevalence estimates based on self-reported weights, may differ in US Hispanic/Latinos from that found in prior studies. Future investigations using self-reported body weight in US Hispanic/Latinos should consider this information for bias analyses.See video abstract at, http://links.lww.com/EDE/B276.
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