Moderate agreement between body mass index and measures of waist circumference in the identification of overweight among 5-year-old children; the ‘Be active, eat right’ study

Table 4 Comparison of weight status (not overweight/overweight, obesity included) according to BMI and WHtR cut-off points (n = 7703)

BMI = body mass index; WHtR = waist-height ratio.
Percentages presented are total percentages.
Observed agreement: boys = 0.92; girls = 0.90.
Cohen’s kappa: boys = 0.46 (95% CI; 0.41 – 0.51); girls = 0.47 (95% CI; 0.42 -0.51).
Positive agreement: boys = 0.51; girls = 0.52.
Negative agreement: boys = 0.95; girls = 0.94.
(See Additional file 1 for calculations).

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