| Title: |
Validation of self-reported figural drawing scales against anthropometric measurements in adults. |
| Authors: |
Dratva, Julia; Bertelsen, Randi; Janson, Christer; Johannessen, Ane; Benediktsdóttir, Bryndis; Bråbäck, Lennart; Dharmage, Shyamali C; Forsberg, Bertil; Gislason, Thorarinn; Jarvis, Debbie; Jogi, Rain; Lindberg, Eva; Norback, Dan; Omenaas, Ernst; Skorge, Trude D; Sigsgaard, Torben; Toren, Kjell; Waatevik, Marie; Wieslander, Gundula; Schlünssen, Vivi; Svanes, Cecilie; Real, Francisco Gomez |
| Contributors: |
11Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute,Socinstrasse 57,PO Box 4002,Basel,Switzerland. 23Department of Occupational Medicine,Haukeland University Hospital,Bergen,Norway. 34Department of Medical Sciences,Uppsala University,Uppsala,Sweden. 46Department of Allergy,Respiratory Medicine and Sleep,Landspitali University Hospital,Reykjavik,Iceland. 57Occupational and Environmental Medicine,Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine,Umeå University,Umeå,Sweden. 68Allergy and Lung Health Unit,Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,University of Melbourne,Melbourne,Australia. 79Faculty of Medicine,National Heart & Lung Institute,Imperial College,London,UK. 810Lung Clinic,Foundation Tartu University Clinics,Tartu,Estonia. 95Department of Clinical Sciences,University of Bergen,Bergen,Norway. 1012Department of Public Health,Aarhus University,Aarhus,Denmark. 1113Occupational and Environmental Medicine,Sahlgrenska Academy,University of Gothenburg,Gothenburg,Sweden. |
| Publisher Information: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive |
| Subject Terms: |
PAD12; Human Engineering; Obesity; Observational Study; Overweight; Validation Studies as Topic; Waist Circumference |
| Description: |
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page ; The aim of the present study was to validate figural drawing scales depicting extremely lean to extremely obese subjects to obtain proxies for BMI and waist circumference in postal surveys. ; Reported figural scales and anthropometric data from a large population-based postal survey were validated with measured anthropometric data from the same individuals by means of receiver-operating characteristic curves and a BMI prediction model. ; Adult participants in a Scandinavian cohort study first recruited in 1990 and followed up twice since. ; Individuals aged 38-66 years with complete data for BMI (n 1580) and waist circumference (n 1017). ; Median BMI and waist circumference increased exponentially with increasing figural scales. Receiver-operating characteristic curve analyses showed a high predictive ability to identify individuals with BMI > 25·0 kg/m2 in both sexes. The optimal figural scales for identifying overweight or obese individuals with a correct detection rate were 4 and 5 in women, and 5 and 6 in men, respectively. The prediction model explained 74 % of the variance among women and 62 % among men. Predicted BMI differed only marginally from objectively measured BMI. ; Figural drawing scales explained a large part of the anthropometric variance in this population and showed a high predictive ability for identifying overweight/obese subjects. These figural scales can be used with confidence as proxies of BMI and waist circumference in settings where objective measures are not feasible. ; e COST Action BM1201 (COST-STSMECOST-STSM-BM1201-160913-036015). The RHINE III e COST Action BM1201 (COST-STSMECOST-STSM-BM1201-160913-036015). The RHINE III was supported financially by the Norwegian Research Validation of self-reported figural drawing scales 1949 Council (grant number 214123); the Bergen Medical Research Foundation; the Western Norwegian Regional Health Authorities (grant numbers 911 892 and ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1475-2727 |
| Relation: |
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1017/S136898001600015X; http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPHN%2FPHN19_11%2FS136898001600015Xa.pdf&code=5a8428e067996bcc535dff80e4f96db5; Validation of self-reported figural drawing scales against anthropometric measurements in adults. 2016, 19 (11):1944-51 Public Health Nutr; http://hdl.handle.net/2336/618626; Public health nutrition |
| DOI: |
10.1017/S136898001600015X |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/2336/618626; https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001600015X |
| Rights: |
Archived with thanks to Public health nutrition ; National Consortium - Landsaðgangur |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.7C235064 |
| Database: |
BASE |