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Table 4 Agreement between BMI, WC, WHR and NC by ethnicity and gender

From: Significance and agreement between obesity anthropometric measurements and indices in adults: a population-based study from the United Arab Emirates

 

Females

Males

Ethnic groups

Kappa (k) value

Interpretation

Kappa (k) value

Interpretation

Local Emirati

 BMI-WC

0.55

Moderate

0.52

Moderate

 BMI-WHR

0.19

Poor

0.19

Poor

 BMI-NC

0.34

Fair

0.09

Poor

 WC-WHR

0.52

Moderate

0.42

Moderate

 WC-NC

0.46

Moderate

0.12

Poor

 WHR-NC

0.25

Fair

0.06

Poor

Arab Non-local

 BMI-WC

0.66

Moderate

0.55

Moderate

 BMI-WHR

0.35

Fair

0.15

Poor

 BMI-NC

0.00

Equal to chance

0.00

Equal to chance

 WC-WHR

0.56

Moderate

0.32

Fair

 WC-NC

0.00

Equal to chance

0.00

Equal to chance

 WHR-NC

0.00

Equal to chance

0.00

Equal to chance

Asian non-Arab

 BMI-WC

0.41

Moderate

0.47

Moderate

 BMI-WHR

0.18

Poor

0.13

Poor

 BMI-NC

0.00

Equal to chance

0.00

Equal to chance

 WC-WHR

0.46

Moderate

0.34

Fair

 WC-NC

0.00

Equal to chance

0.00

Equal to chance

 WHR-NC

0.00

Equal to chance

0.00

Equal to chance

  1. BMI = body mass index; NC = neck circumference; WC = waist circumference; WHR = waist-hip ratio