From: Reliability and criterion validity of self-measured waist, hip, and neck circumferences
Measurement | Participants Home Self-Measured | Participants Lab Self-Measured | Technician Measured | Participant Home vs Lab | Participant Home vs Technician | Participant Lab vs Technician | |||
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 | Mean ± SDa (range) TEM/R b | Mean ± SDa (range) TEM/R b | Mean ± SDa (range) TEM/R b | ICC | P valuec | ICC | P valuec | ICC | P valuec |
Waist Circumference (inches) | 35.24 ± 5.73 (26.50–61.00) 0.76/0.90 | 34.29 ± 4.85 (26.0–51.5) 0.29/0.98 | 34.72 ± 5.69 (26.00–57.63) 0.22/0.99 | .96 | .00 | .97 | .10 | .96 | .63 |
Hip Circumference (inches) | 40.95 ± 4.79 (33.75–57.00) 0.38/0.97 | 40.67 ± 4.66 (33.25–52.75) 0.25/0.99 | 41.15 ± 5.80 (33.25–64.25) 0.20/0.99 | .97 | .20 | .96 | .46 | .97 | .09 |
Neck Circumference (inches) | 13.66 ± 1.19 (11.75–17.00) 0.24/0.95 | 13.28 ± 0.93 (11.75–15.75) 0.15/0.98 | 12.87 ± 0.88 (11.50–15.00) 0.08/0.99 | .87 | .00 | .84 | .00 | .95 | .00 |
Height (inches) | 64.32 ± 2.17 (60.00–70.00) | — | 64.16 ± 2.27 (60.19–70.72) | — | --- | .95 | .41 | — | --- |
Weight (pounds) | 153.56 ± 39.91 (99.00–315.00) | — | 153.32 ± 42.14 (93.81–326.40) | — | --- | .99 | .32 | — | --- |
BMI | 26.08 ± 6.55 (18.11–52.42) | — | 26.20 ± 7.12 (17.16–54.52) | — | --- | .99 | .92 | — | --- |
Waist-to-Hip Ratio | 0.86 ± 0.07 (0.73–1.07) | 0.84 ± 0.07 (0.68–0.99) | 0.84 ± 0.06 (0.74–0.96) | .93 | .02 | .83 | .12 | .88 | .79 |