Table 3 Mean absolute differences (SD) between general practitioners’ anthropometric measurements and the gold standard in normal and underweight (BMI <25 kg/m2), in overweight (25 ≤ BMI <30 kg/m2) and in obsese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) participants. N = 509 participants measured by 26 GPs
From: Accuracy of anthropometric measurements by general practitioners in overweight and obese patients
Normal/Underweight (n = 237) | Overweight(n = 174) | Obese(n = 98) | Total(n = 509) | Oneway ANOVA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean absolute difference | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value |
Weight [kg] | −0.22 | 0.82 | −0.30 | 0.91 | −0.34 | 1.15 | −0.27 | 0.92 | 0.46 |
Height [cm] | −0.12 | 0.97 | 0.07 | 1.63 | −0.11 | 1.17 | −0.05 | 1.27 | 0.30 |
BMI [kg/m2] | −0.05 | 0.40 | −0.14 | 0.62 | −0.07 | 0.57 | −0.08 | 0.52 | 0.22 |
Waist circ [cm] | 2.41 | 4.37 | 2.02 | 3.94 | 2.11 | 5.27 | 2.22 | 4.41 | 0.65 |
Hip circ [cm] | −0.53 | 5.05 | 0.48 | 6.37 | 0.29 | 4.70 | −0.03 | 5.48 | 0.15 |
WHR | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.36 |