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Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity for weight status by gender

From: Validity and predictors of BMI derived from self-reported height and weight among 11- to 17-year-old German adolescents from the KiGGS study

  

Sensitivity

 

Specificity

  

Boys

 

Girls

 

Boys

 

Girls

  

%

 

95% CI

 

%

 

95% CI

 

%

 

95% CI

 

%

 

95% CI

Weight status

        

   Underweight

 

66.9

 

59.2-74.6

 

76.5

 

68.8-84.2

 

95.0

 

91.5-98.5

 

95.5

 

91.7-99.3

   Normal weight

 

90.7

 

89.1-92.3

 

92.7

 

91.3-94.1

 

73.7

 

71.3-76.1

 

74.5

 

72.1-76.9

   Overweight

 

75.8

 

71.1-80.5

 

73.7

 

68.7-78.7

 

97.0

 

95.1-98.9

 

98.5

 

97.1-99.9