Table 3 Prevalence of weight status categories (Standard error of percent), absolute error and relative error
Weight Status1 | Self-reported prevalence (%) | Directly measured prevalence(%) | Absolute Error(%)2 | Relative Error3 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Girls | Boys | All | Girls | Boys | All | Girls | Boys | All | Girls | Boys | All |
8th Grade | ||||||||||||
Normal | 69.9(2.33) | 61.5(1.97) | 65.5(1.69) | 65.1(2.01) | 63.0(2.21) | 64.0(1.65) | 4.8 | -1.5 | 1.5 | 0.07 | -0.02 | 0.02 |
Overweight | 18.0(2.06) | 21.2(1.67) | 19.7(1.48) | 18.8(1.73) | 17.1(1.78) | 17.9(1.26) | -0.8 | 4.1 | 1.8 | -0.04 | 0.24 | 0.10 |
Obese | 12.1(0.71) | 17.3(1.45) | 14.8(0.95) | 16.1(1.15) | 19.9(1.47) | 18.1(1.14) | -4.0 | -2.6 | -3.3 | -0.25 | -0.13 | -0.18 |
Overweight/Obese | 30.1(2.33) | 38.5(1.97) | 34.5(1.69) | 34.9(2.01) | 37.0(2.21) | 36.0(1.65) | -4.8 | 1.5 | -1.5 | -0.14 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
11th Grade | ||||||||||||
Normal | 76.0(1.76) | 65.2(3.09) | 70.3(2.20) | 72.6(2.21) | 63.2(2.82) | 67.6(2.26) | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Overweight | 14.0(1.34) | 16.6(1.85) | 15.4(1.40) | 15.7(1.61) | 17.3(1.88) | 16.5(1.55) | -1.7 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -0.11 | -0.04 | -0.07 |
Obese | 10.0(0.97) | 18.2(1.77) | 14.3(1.09) | 11.7(1.16) | 19.5(1.70) | 15.9(1.17) | -1.7 | -1.3 | -1.6 | -0.15 | -0.07 | -0.10 |
Overweight/Obese | 24.0(1.76) | 34.8(3.09) | 29.7(2.20) | 27.4(2.21) | 36.8(2.82) | 32.4(2.26) | -3.4 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -0.12 | -0.05 | -0.08 |