Sharples: Measured and self-reported weight in New Zealand.
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Sharples

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Measured and self-reported weight in New Zealand.

Description

Data on measured and self-reported weight from 40–50 year old participants in the 1989/1990 Life In New Zealand Survey.

Usage

Sharples

Format

A tibble with 343 rows and 4 variables:

srweight: Self-reported weight in kg.
weight: Measured weight in kg.
srbmi: Body mass index calculated from self-reported weight and self-reported height in kg/m^2.
mbmi: Body mass index calculated from measured weight and measured height in kg/m^2.

Source

Sharples, H, et al. (2012) Agreement between measured and self-reported height, weight and BMI in predominantly European middle-aged New Zealanders: findings from a nationwide 1989 survey. New Zealand Med J 125: 60-69.

Examples

Sharples |>
  bland_altman(srweight ~ weight, transform = TRUE) |>
  gf_labs(x = "Mean of weights (kg)", y = "Measured weight / Self-reported weight")

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