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Accuracy of Self-reported Weight in Hispanic/Latino Adults of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.

TitleAccuracy of Self-reported Weight in Hispanic/Latino Adults of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Publication TypePublication
Year2017
AuthorsFernández-Rhodes L, Robinson WR, Sotres-Alvarez D, Franceschini N, Castañeda SF, Buelna C, Moncrieft A, Llabre M, Daviglus ML, Qi Q, Agarwal A, Isasi CR, Smokowski P, Gordon-Larsen P, North KE
JournalEpidemiology
Volume28
Issue6
Pagination847-853
Date Published2017 Nov
ISSN1531-5487
KeywordsAdolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Body Weight, Data Accuracy, Emigrants and Immigrants, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Obesity, Prevalence, Self Report, Sex Factors, United States, Young Adult
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Previous 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.METHODS: Using 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).RESULTS: Self-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.CONCLUSIONS: The 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.

DOI10.1097/EDE.0000000000000728
Alternate JournalEpidemiology
PubMed ID28767517
PubMed Central IDPMC5617765
Grant ListP30 ES010126 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
U01 HG007416 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC65236 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC65235 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01HC65234 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01 DK101855 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
N01HC65237 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
UL1 TR001073 / TR / NCATS NIH HHS / United States
R01 DK089256 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
R01 HD057194 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
N01HC65233 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
K01 HL129892 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
P30 DK111022 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
T32 HD007168 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
P30 DK056350 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States
P2C HD050924 / HD / NICHD NIH HHS / United States
T32 HL007055 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
MS#: 
0258
Manuscript Lead/Corresponding Author Affiliation: 
Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
ECI: 
Yes
Manuscript Affiliation: 
Coordinating Center - Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center - UNC at Chapel Hill
Manuscript Status: 
Published