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Table 4 Comparisons between measured weight at baseline and participant recall of baseline weight at 12 months follow up

From: Self-reported and measured weights and heights among adults in Seattle and King County

 

Baseline measured weight (kg)

Recalled reported weight (kg)

    
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Differencea

95 % CI

P-valueb

P for trendc

Overall

81.17 (21.54)

80.26 (21.84)

0.90

(0.51,1.30)

<0.001

 

Age

      

 21–49

80.41 (21.62)

79.46 (21.62)

0.95

(0.46,1.43)

<0.001

 

  ≥ 50

82.32 (21.45)

81.48 (22.20)

0.84

(0.16,1.52)

0.016

0.804

Gender

      

 Men

90.67 (21.32)

90.04 (22.11)

0.64

(−0.37,1.64)

0.212

 

 Women

76.74 (20.21)

75.72 (20.20)

1.03

(0.68,1.38)

<0.001

0.470

Race/Ethnicity

      

 White

81.54 (21.74)

80.64 (21.12)

0.91

(0.49,1.33)

<0.001

 

 Non-white

79.11 (20.46)

78.22 (20.33)

0.89

(−0.27,2.04)

0.130

0.976

Highest education

      

  ≤ Some college

86.35 (24.70)

85.36 (24.49)

0.99

(0.25,1.74)

0.010

 

 College graduates

78.27 (19.01)

77.42 (19.70)

0.86

(0.39,1.32)

<0.001

0.761

Annual household income

      

  < $50,000

86.87 (24.53)

85.93 (24.20)

0.94

(0.06,1.83)

0.038

 

 $50,000–< $100,000

81.70 (20.46)

80.91 (21.53)

0.78

(0.02,1.54)

0.043

 

  ≥ $100,000

76.18 (18.97)

75.18 (19.03)

1.00

(0.58,1.42)

<0.001

0.876

BMI

      

 Underweight or normal

63.36 (8.51)

62.56 (8.61)

0.80

(0.36,1.24)

<0.001

 

 Overweight

80.21 (10.82)

79.21 (12.49)

1.00

(0.08,1.93)

0.034

 

 Obese

102.01 (20.00)

101.07 (20.25)

0.94

(0.18,1.69)

0.015

0.745

  1. aDifference = Difference between measured weight at baseline and recalled weight
  2. b P-value = from paired t-test of mean difference (measured-recalled)
  3. c P-value = from linear regression comparing mean difference across a category