Validity of Self-Reported Waist and Hip Circumferences in Men and Women
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Recent epidemiologic evidence indicates an association between fat distribution and many diseases. To assess the validity of circumference measurements obtained by self-report, the authors analyzed data from 123 men aged 40-75 years and 140 women aged 41-65 years, drawn from two large ongoing prospective studies. On mailed questionnaires, subjects were asked to measure and record their weight and waist and hip circumferences. These data were compared with standardized measurements taken approximately six months apart by technicians who visited participants at their homes. Crude Pearson correlations between self-reported waist circumferences and the average of two technician-measured waist circumferences were 0.95 for men and 0.89 for women. Similar correlations for hip measurements were 0.88 for men and 0.84 for women, and for waist-to-hip ratios, 0.69 for men and 0.70 for women. After adjusting for age and body mass index (kg/m2), correlations for waist-to-hip ratios were 0.55 for men and 0.58 for women. Correlations became stronger after correcting for random within-person variability from daily or seasonal fluctuations. Self-reported and measured weights were highly correlated: 0.97 for men and 0.97 for women. Self-reported waist, hip, and weight measurements appear reasonably valid. The moderate degree of measurement error for the ratio of self-reported waist and hip circumferences, however, implies that previously reported associations based on self-report of these measures may have been appreciably underestimated.
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Self-reported height and weight have been validated in a subset of this cohort.
“We calculated body mass index (BMI [kg/m 2 ]) by using self-reported measures of height and weight, which have been validated in a subset of this cohort.16”
The accuracy of self-reported data within this population of motivated and educated health professionals has been well documented.
“Although the accuracy of self-reported data within this population of motivated and educated health professionals has been well documented, 16 -19”
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Self-citationWhole grains and incident hypertension in men.
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“In a validation study in the HPFS cohort, Rimm et al.24 found self-reported weight to be highly accurate when compared to standardized measurements.”
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- Authors
- Rimm, E. B., Stampfer, M. J., Colditz, G. A., Chute, C. G., Litin, L. B., & Willett, W. C.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Venue
- Epidemiology
- Published
- 1990-11
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 466-473
- ISSN
- 1044-3983 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2087327978
- Cited by
- 1,015
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 59 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 56 · 2015: 53 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 46
- FWCI
- 2.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Epidemiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (5T32 E507069)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL035464, HL35464)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK 36798, R01DK036798)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Keywords
- hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, measurement validity, measurement error, body fat distribution, body mass index, self-reported weight, sex differences, within-person variability
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Anthropometry, Body Constitution, Body Weight, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Reproducibility of Results, Cohort Studies
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