title: Validity of home-measured height, weight and waist circumference among adolescents.
abstract: This study assesses the validity of home-measured height, weight and waist circumference among Finnish adolescents from the Fin-HIT cohort. The adolescents were measured by fieldworkers, and were instructed to measure themselves at home with an adult's assistance. Paired t-test was used for statistical analyses. Home-measured mean height, weight and waist circumference were slightly higher, but BMI lower than measured by the fieldworker. The difference in means was statistically significant for weight (0.51 kg) and waist circumference (1.6 cm), but not for height and BMI. Home-measured height, weight, waist circumference and BMI are sufficiently accurate to be used in epidemiologic studies.
authors: Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: Catharina
authors: C
authors: Sarkkola
authors: Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.|Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway.
authors: Trine B
authors: TB
authors: Rounge
authors: Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: Sabina
authors: S
authors: Simola-Ström
authors: Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: von Kraemer
authors: Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.|Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Roos
authors: Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland elisabete.weiderpass@helsinki.fi.|Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway.|Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.|Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
authors: Elisabete
authors: E
authors: Weiderpass
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055105:Waist Circumference