RESEARCH ARTICLE


Validity of Self-Reported Body Mass Index and Sleeping Problems Among Adult Population of Georgia



Jin-Mann S. Lin*, Michael J. Decker, Dana J. Brimmer, William C. Reeves
Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Mail Stop A-15, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2010
Volume: 2
First Page: 145
Last Page: 150
Publisher Id: TOOBESJ-2-145
DOI: 10.2174/1876823701002010145

Article History:

Received Date: 22/07/2010
Revision Received Date: 02/09/2010
Acceptance Date: 06/09/2010
Electronic publication date: 15/11/2010
Collection year: 2010

© 2010 Lin et al.

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop A-15, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; Tel: 404-639-1646; Fax: 404-639-2779; E-mail: dwe3@cdc.gov


Abstract

Purpose:

This study assessed the validity of body mass index (BMI) derived from self-reported height and weight in comparison to BMI derived from clinical measurement. We further examined the misclassification effect of self-reported BMI in association with complaints of snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness.

Methods:

Data came from a population-based study of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and unwellness, between September 2004 and July 2005, in metropolitan, urban, and rural Georgia. We compared self-reported with clinicallymeasured height and weight from 774 persons aged 18-59 and the bias impact on their association with snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness.

Results:

The correlation coefficient between self-reported and clinically-measured BMI was 0.92 (p<0.0001) and intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.90. For overweight persons (BMI >=25 kg/m2), self-reported BMI had 89% sensitivity and 95% specificity compared to clinically-measured BMI. Misclassification of self-reported BMI categories revealed slightly higher odds ratios (ORs) for obese categories in predicting the likelihood of having a snoring problem than those based on measured values.

Conclusions:

Self-reported height and weight are valid for determining BMI categories and the relationship to snoring in a large-scale population study.

Keywords: Body mass index (BMI), self-reported data, snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness, misclassification, intra-class correlation.