Impact of instrument error on the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity in population-based surveys

BACKGROUND: The basis for this study is the fact that instrument error increases the variance of the distribution of body mass index (BMI). Combined with a defined cut-off value this may impact upon the estimated proportion of overweight and obesity. It is important to ensure high quality surveillan...

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Autores principales: Biehl, Anna, Hovengen, Ragnhild, Meyer, Haakon E, Hjelmesæth, Jøran, Meisfjord, Jørgen, Grøholt, Else-Karin, Roelants, Mathieu, Strand, Bjørn Heine
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606378/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23413839
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-146
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